Chris Riddell Quotes
When I left art school and went in search of work, visiting publishers and showing them my drawings and illustrations, I was met with a polite and sometimes enthusiastic response but no commissions.

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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.
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I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work.
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Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.
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The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.
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And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.
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When I left art school and went in search of work, visiting publishers and showing them my drawings and illustrations, I was met with a polite and sometimes enthusiastic response but no commissions.