Garth Nix Quotes
Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
Quotes to Explore
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that the political elites don't understand them, that the political elites don't care about them, that the political elites judge them in various ways. All Donald Trump does is provide the opposite of those things.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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Producing never stops. It's 24/7.
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Lots of people ask me whether they can become strong. Most certainly! You all can acquire great strength, if you have the will and proper guidance.
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I'm very inquisitive. I love hanging around people who can teach me. I ask a lot of questions. And I'm very introspective and self-critical.
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Reader, I literally married him.
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
