Cornelia Funke Quotes
Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
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I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine, wonderful harbors... It's incredibly romantic.
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I love the fact that I don't have a real job!
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I keep writing books about why TV is good. There's nothing more fun to me than steering people toward something that I really loved that I think they might not otherwise see. That's the reason I do what I do.
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Rage is a really fun place to dance from - expressions of anger sublimated into something beautiful are invigorating, especially if you feel like you're telling the truth.
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I'm excited about bringing robots into the market, about having the most effect in the world.
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Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
