Jasper Fforde Quotes

I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

Jasper Fforde

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I'm endlessly fascinated with the ways families work and the ways they don't.

Steve James

WorkFamiliesWaysFascinated

If I'm not working on music, I'm usually with my friends playing FIFA. We just kick back - I'm proper chilled.

Stormzy

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If you struggle with putting things into perspective, just ask yourself two simple questions: What's the worst thing that could happen as a result of this? Will this matter in five years? Your answers should put a stop to cataclysmic thinking.

Travis Bradberry

PerspectiveStruggleSimpleYourself

At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan.

Tom Wolfe

ThreeSideMilesSomethingManhattan

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.

Rodney Dangerfield

UglyMeCrazyOpinionYouSaid

As a film-maker and a poet, I feel it's my duty to be an eye and an antenna to what's happening around me. I always felt a solidarity with those who are desperate and confused and misused and are seeking a way out of it.

Jonas Mekas

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I've never been the person who's like, 'I've got to get a four-pack of abs!' And I'm not the type to go to the gym and run on the treadmill for 45 minutes and then lift weights.

Cobie Smulders

GymPersonGoLiftRunNever

I like 'Bootylicious,' 'Survivor' - my little granddaughter loves 'Survivor.'

Aretha Franklin

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I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.

Ashley Scott

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For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn't have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful.

Allison Anders

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I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I was not thinking of breaking any records. I'm just enjoying my time in boxing.

Wladimir Klitschko

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Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.

Sylvia Earle

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