Garth Nix Quotes
'Wake me when what terrible thing is going to happen, happens, or if it appears I might get wet.'
Quotes to Explore
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.
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All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning.
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A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.
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If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
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I did Broadway shows. And I started realizing that this is actually how I'm going to make my living. So maybe I should try to do television and film and make a better living and get an occasional residual check so I can pay a mortgage someday.
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I have a tendency to really stuff things. I don't really express, you know? Like, express certain feelings and stuff.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
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I do not believe in the concept of good and evil in my personal life, in the real world. I just don't believe it. I never try to judge.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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When I'm doing a movie, I'm not doing anything else. It's all about the movie. I don't have a wife. I don't have a kid. Nothing can get in my way... I've made a choice, so far, to go on this road alone. Because this is my time. This is my time to make movies.
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My mother used to make the most amazing yogurt.
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My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
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I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.
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You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.
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We had a bubble in housing.
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I wanted to live in a house. I wanted to have a place where I could record at home - all of these things I'd wanted to do for years.
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It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind.
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'Wake me when what terrible thing is going to happen, happens, or if it appears I might get wet.'
