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 would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism.
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Be politically correct, but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
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Obamacare has got everyone on edge. I mean, small business - men and women or big business are sitting out there saying we have no idea what this is going to cost, but we know it's going to cost us and cost us a lot.
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I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.'
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'Wake me when what terrible thing is going to happen, happens, or if it appears I might get wet.'
