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Geraldine McCaughrean Quotes

I still keep thinking someone will penetrate my guilty secret - that I have been masquerading as a writer all these years while all I was really doing was enjoying myself, pursuing my passion.

Geraldine McCaughrean

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: June 6, 1951

Topics

Passion Myself Thinking Doing Guilty

Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.

Andrew Card

World Process Country Treaty Kyoto

I need my comedy to offend. That's my personal views.

John Cho

Comedy Personal Need Offend Views

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

Jeffrey Archer

Words Prison Year Done Never First

The Apple II was not designed like an ordinary product. It used crazy tricks everywhere.

Andy Hertzfeld

Crazy Apple Product Ordinary Used

People with a mental illness aren't mentally weak. In fact, many of them are incredibly strong. And just like everyone else, they possess the ability to create positive change in their lives.

Amy Morin

Positive Change People Strong Create

My own thinking has evolved. You find Africanisms in American speech. You find an African influence on United States culture. There are all kinds of Africanisms in America, as you would expect, if you really thought about it... That whole thing is much broader; the influence is much broader than I first understood.

Amiri Baraka

Culture Influence Thinking Thought

We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Good Good Things Next 100 Years Fail

Kicks to the legs, they're not very cool. They're brutal.

Michael Pena

Cool Legs Kicks Brutal Very

I was a shy kid. I was awkward. I was picked on.

Josh Groban

Shy Kid Awkward Picked

I want to lose weight because I want to be focused, meaning healthy.

DJ Khaled

Meaning Lose Healthy Want Focused

People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country.

David Sedaris

Live Myself Culture Hate People

Some people are inherently likeable. If you're not - work on it. It may even improve your social life.

Antonin Scalia

Life Work People You Some People