Quotes about american-author
american-author government happens moved power protect quickly sure
We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer. Michael Connelly
american-author certainly changed exterior growing safe
The exterior circumstances have certainly changed for many children. The world is not the safe place it was when I was growing up. Beverly Cleary
american-author failure
The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality. Toni Cade Bambara
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I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.
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But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world. Sandra Cisneros
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This was a team that truly learned the meaning of (what it is like to) be a team, and they can take that with them the rest of their lives. Tim Collins
american-author deserves human race
The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it. Elizabeth Janeway
american-author beings demands efforts existence history human personal shaped whose
Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.
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It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.
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That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for. Eric Carle
american-author confront list
Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead. Jerry Gillies
american-author hoping riding since time written
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle. Lynn Abbey
american-author highest
The highest qualities of character... must be earned. Lyman Abbott
american-author life virtue
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
american-author authors coming
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Mickey Spillane
american-author arbitrary given information point structure text
The point is that you could structure this arbitrary information in any way. Well, given that, now we can write text that can go in all directions. Ted Nelson
american-author angel anybody body hustler internal scribbling traffic wondering writer
Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening.
american-author born civilized fit fresh
We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous, and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. Judith Martin
american-author begin enter failure ranks recognize
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. James Allen
american-author common frowned praised subversive
Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. Dan Simmons
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Typically in horror films the character just services the plot, and you really are just going from 'point a' to 'point b,' just so that you can end up at 'point c.' They are just sort of stick characters. That's just not interesting to me. Kevin Williamson
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It's about a young girl who will stop at nothing to be the valedictorian of her class. It's very dark and very wicked, but it's got a great part for a kid, and a great part for an older woman.
american-author atmosphere director help morality poses question terms took trying vision
It's a morality film, and it poses the question "What would you do?" I took it very seriously, just as the director did in terms of atmosphere and lighting, and I was just trying to help that vision along.
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What I loved about 'Summer' was that they were these four bright kids with a wonderful future. In a way, she was the one with the brains, and then you have the beauty queen and the jock and the introvert.
american-author destroys liked preserve stock
And that's what I liked about it, because they are, in the beginning, your little beautiful stock figures, who then make a decision to preserve their futures, but the decision they make isn't completely right, and it destroys their futures.
american-author goes notion
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.
american-author holes tend
When the market is just going up, up, and up, we all tend to be blind to the holes in the market. They're all papered over by the rise. Ron Chernow
american-author beats happens might
I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now. Donna Leon
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water. Marilyn French
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What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.
american-author people
Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
american-author feeling success toward
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
american-author difference individual views
The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.