Suzanne Collins Quotes

There's a basis for the war, historically, in the 'Hunger Games,' which would be the third servile war, which was Spartacus' war, where you have a man who is a slave who is then turned into a gladiator who broke out of the gladiator school and led a rebellion and then became the face of the war.

Suzanne Collins

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I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.

Johan Santana

New YorkNewSpecialNeverMeans

Audiences love Paul Taylor, and so do I. Not everything, and not always, but year in, year out, he gives me more concentrated pleasure than I get from any other dance company.

Robert Gottlieb

LoveDanceMeYearMoreEverything

I think novels are profoundly autobiographical. If writers deny that, they are lying. Or if it's really true, then I think it's a mistake.

Amity Gaige

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Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.

Robert Cecil

SolitudeSocietyUsShouldShows

I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.

Rocco DiSpirito

KnowledgeFoodUnderstandingWealth

I'd love to find a lifelong female film editor as Scorsese has with Thelma Schoonmaker. I think women are probably, without generalising, sensitive to subtle things as an editor.

Julia Davis

LoveWomenThinkFindWithoutFilm

I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well.

Lisa Murkowski

I AmDoingCountryFailWellMeans

History can just be so unkind as time passes.

Joshua Henry

HistoryTimeTime PassesJustUnkind

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.

Jonathan Kozol

ChildrenTimeBlackPresentClass

It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.

Jonas Salk

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In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston is. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a nine-to-five.

Johnny Weir

WorldVintageSpeakI CanKnow

It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy.

Dawn Richard

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