Stefan Sagmeister Quotes

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

Stefan Sagmeister

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My first two books, I was very close to my main character, stuck inside their head. And then with 'Arrogance,' I broke into many different voices. I introduce many different characters, and that helped me to develop a confidence to move between different characters, between different voices.

Joanna Scott

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I'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.

Jessica Williams

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For John Wilkes Booth, sweeping, grand gestures were a way of life. It was how he navigated his way through this world. The bigger and bolder, the better.

Jesse Johnson

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I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

Maurice Sendak

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To me, writing is remembering something funny that happened, or maybe something I said seven years ago.

Matthew Perry

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I don't have a visa for the U.S., and I don't want to apply for one. And I don't want to fly for that long.

Jean-Luc Godard

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I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.

Shirley Temple

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With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

Robin Gibb

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Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you get older. That's a motto in my household.

Miranda Hart

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Life is dramatic and comedic at times. Sometimes in the most dramatic situations, there is comedy. And good comedy comes from a sense of reality.

Constance Marie

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A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.

Anne Northup

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I've always wanted kids.

Alicia Vikander

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