Graeme Base Quotes

I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative.

Graeme Base

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 6, 1958

Topics

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What I love about the Don Draper character is that he's so real and filled with all these contradictions.

Jerry Della Femina

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Churchill faced his own diminishing capabilities and increasing irrelevance by maintaining the sense that he was the only one who could solve whatever problem was before him. He was very often wrong, of course, but then he had spent so much of his life overcoming appalling mistakes, disasters, and rejections.

John Lithgow

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A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy.

Ann Curry

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In human geography, we think about landscapes as being political, social, cultural, economic, and physical things all at the same time. And that's the way that I wanted to approach the question of state secrecy.

Trevor Paglen

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I'm a huge fan of wrestling, and I would like to see the position of women in the sport continue to improve, so if I can be a part of it, great.

Ronda Rousey

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Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.

Dolly Parton

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It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.

Drew Brees

GoodJobBadMoreOutUs

Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime.

Christopher Hitchens

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I don't have siblings, which is probably the biggest reason why my parents were able to give the attention to my career that they did.

Christine Lakin

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I certainly don't need a job. Getting re-elected is not on my Top 10 list.

Bruce Rauner

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I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.

Annabella Sciorra

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