Sharon Shinn Quotes

I hadn't thought specifically about doing graphic novels until a couple of my friends got contracts for them. Then I started picturing how various of my stories or poems would work in an illustrated format and thinking how cool that would be.

Sharon Shinn

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CNN can still afford 36 bureaus around the world.

Jim Walton

WorldStillAroundAffordCNN

I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life.

Jodi Picoult

LifeGreatBestChildhoodHappyYou

I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.

Joan Collins

AttitudePeopleThinkFindSeriously

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

Maureen O'Hara

MyselfSawArcJoan

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

Angelina Jolie

WorkChangeResponsibilityPolitics

I didn't ever imagine, except in the most idle, obviously wish-fulfillment, ego-gratification fantasies, that anything I wrote would ever win awards, let alone so many.

Ann Leckie

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I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things.

Steve Carell

ThinkEdgyMeanCynicalSomething

Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crusty little cake trimmings, ends from a brisket, collars from a salmon, scraps. But they're snacks to me, and I eat them right off the cutting board - maybe too much.

Tom Douglas

CakeMeChefYouToo MuchMean

The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.

Mindy Grossman

ResultsWillAbilityProofExecute

I was going to do business studies in Newcastle because there were a lot of nightclubs. My father said if I went that route, he'd never speak to me again: credit where credit's due.

Louise Wilson

FatherBusinessMeSpeakCredit

Being able to run an NBA team at 19 is not easy.

Jason Kidd

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There was a kind of infiniteness to fiction that I found sort of... disconcerting. I remember having these really panicky thoughts, like, 'I can make this person say anything. I could make him do anything! I could put a jetpack onto his back and shoot him into space!' I don't like this feeling of having no rules.

Jon Ronson

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