Gary Paulsen Quotes
I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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I might bump into them because I live in Belfast, and Belfast is not that big a place. You go for a walk, and you walk past Kit Harington. You go for a meal, and there's Peter Dinklage.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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Now, they hold the World Cup every year, so it's like any Super Series. It's boring. To me, it's very boring. I think the players will always attend the World Cup. But for the fans, and also for most players, the Olympics and Asian Games will become more important. Nobody will look forward to the World Cup with anticipation.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
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If troubled companies want to explain away 2008 as a 'black swan,' then someone should take responsibility for creating the oil slick that seems to have tarred the entire flock!
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What's fulfilling is being happy and being able to help other people. The simple things.
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I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.
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I've never liked the idea of working for other people.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
