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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There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life.
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Beauty and love pass, I know... Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses-
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The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.
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The Water said to the dirty one, “Come here.” The dirty one said, “I am too ashamed.” The water replied, “How will your shame be washed away without me?
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Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour.
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'Wake me when what terrible thing is going to happen, happens, or if it appears I might get wet.'
