Kenneth Oppel Quotes

The more I worked on 'Half Brother,' the more it seemed to me the story was really about love in all its possible forms - how and why we decide to bestow it, or withdraw it; how we decide what is more worthy of being loved, and what is less. We are masters of conditional love.

Kenneth Oppel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 31, 1967

Topics

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Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records.

Jim Ramstad

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Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

John Hodgman

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It's not a stretch to say the whole financial industry revolves around the compass point of the absolutely safe AAA rating. But the financial crisis happened because AAA ratings stopped being something that had to be earned and turned into something that could be paid for.

Matt Taibbi

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The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening.

Stefan Edberg

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I couldn't care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead.

Ron Conway

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I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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I get plastic nails done in the salon. When I was younger, they were stronger, but now I get my nails built up. Then I can dance over the strings. I say, 'Okay, I need four nails; I'm a guitarist.' Sometimes if I'm in a strange place, the girl says, 'Yeah, all the guys say that.'

Donovan

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Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Phyllis McGinley

ToleranceCallLabelThoseViews

I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.

Peter Tork

FriendI AmWeirdDuckHimStill

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

Phaedrus

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Always I was dreaming of a record contract. From 10 to 13, it was all I could think of. I worked hard for this dream. Nobody could say I didn't try.

Shakira

ThinkDreamNobodySayTryHard

When I am practicing yoga, I try to avoid music. But if I really have to listen to something, I listen to the Om chant.

Kriti Kharbanda

MusicI AmTryListenSomethingAm

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