Carmen Agra Deedy Quotes
Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it.
Quotes to Explore
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
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When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.
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You are only as good as the people you dress.
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I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.
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But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.
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I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody.
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I always had a fascination with twins.
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When we fall in love, we feel that this person is ours and we are theirs by our mutual volition, and we know they could leave - we know that because they are free, and their freedom is part of the thrill.
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When you are healthy mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually - when you're doing well, you're likely to do good things in life.
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It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
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I concentrate on making everything strong, and you can't do that with just cardio. I strength-train one day - and I'm not talking heavy weights, just a little. I see my trainer one day, next day I take a yoga class or cook. I'm not someone who just opens a pantry and rustles something up.
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Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it.
