Garth Nix Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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I don't want to be held down by genres so much.
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I don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.
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I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.
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Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.
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I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
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We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
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Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.
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The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in westerns, or there's a minimal amount of it.
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Hockey is an art. It requires speed, precision, and strength like other sports, but it also demands an extraordinary intelligence to develop a logical sequence of movements, a technique which is smooth, graceful and in rhythm with the rest of the game.
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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable.
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One never quite stops believing, some doubt remains forever".
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I have an awareness of a spiritual realm, and I see signs that I feel speak to me - I don't know if that falls into superstition.
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Teachers are very undervalued for what they do.
