Geraldine McCaughrean Quotes

'Would I mind if someone wrote a sequel to one of my books?' I asked myself, and I decided that I wouldn't, providing that the writer was respectful, had read my book first, and wasn't drunk when doing it.

Geraldine McCaughrean

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My mother and I were part of a deal in the mid-'60s between Romania and Israel. Israel bought freedom for Romanian Jews for $2,000 a head. Ceausescu made a bundle in hard currency. He also 'sold' ethnic Germans to West Germany. Instead of going to Israel, my mother and I came to the United States.

Andrei Codrescu

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The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.

Michael Hayden

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I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.

Tom Conti

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In a democracy, when you get 20 million people in the street, you resign.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world.

Jason Mraz

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Where we see corruption and can make a case against it, we're being aggressive.

Josh Hawley

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I think the story is my form.

Joseph Epstein

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China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

Dominique de Villepin

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I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

Denzel Washington

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Honestly, a lot of pop records have beatboxing. Timbaland beatboxes on his tracks. Justin Timberlake beatboxes.

Doug E. Fresh

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I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.

Brad Thor

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Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.

Arne Duncan

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