Garth Nix Quotes
I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.Garth Nix
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
Ophelia Lovibond -
Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
Daniel Barenboim -
I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
Patrick Whitesell -
I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
Wale -
The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
Karl Rove -
My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
Val Kilmer
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
Danai Gurira -
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
Ward McAllister -
A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
Zig Ziglar -
I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
Nat King Cole -
Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.
F. Sionil Jose -
It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
Vince Vaughn
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Samuel Johnson -
My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
Barbara Olson -
I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
Jack Ma -
Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
Daniel Clowes -
The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.
Zach Johnson The Fray
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A Jew cannot be a true patriot. He is something different, like a bad insect. He must be kept apart, out of a place where he can do mischief - even by pogroms, if necessary. The Jews are responsible for Bolshevism in Russia, and Germany too. I was far too indulgent with them during my reign, and I bitterly regret the favors I showed the prominent Jewish bankers.
Wilhelm II -
I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
Gabrielle Union -
I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them.
Zooey Deschanel -
The Bible clearly says that when we have a problem with our brother, we are to go to them and try to resolve the situation.
Dave Ramsey -
No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.
John Stossel -
I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
Garth Nix