Evangeline Lilly Quotes

I see kids and young adults walking the streets of L.A. with this enormous sense of entitlement, who seem to think that if they are basically good people and pay their bills, then the world will be good back to them. And I think life isn't always like that.

Evangeline Lilly

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LifeGoodPeopleWorldThinkBack

I'm not really a 'puppet' person in particular; I think they are very theatrical, and I've found different uses for them in shows, but my true interest is in writing Broadway musicals.

Robert Lopez

WritingThinkPersonTrueDifferent

Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.

Jean Piaget

EgoEnvironmentChildishSocial

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.

John Polanyi

ScienceValueLanguageBetterDie

Treat a boy like a fool and he'll act like a fool, I say, but there's some folks need convincing.

Stephen Vincent Benet

FoolTreatSayBoyNeedAct

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford - that is, if you are a good sort - you can't afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.

Robert Baden-Powell

LifeGoodMoneyPeopleRichYou

I am a proud mother.

Michelle Phillips

MotherI AmProudAm

It's the gap in the teeth. My friends say I look like Shrek - some of my friends - and you can't choose your friends, so what can I say?

Louis Oosthuizen

FriendsYouChooseLookSayTeeth

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.

Chris Gibson

WordsMeaningConservativeThen

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

LifeI AmWriteRealReal Life

'Miss Jackson' is about something that actually happened to me when I was younger. I hadn't really talked about it, and I felt that if I didn't, I would keep thinking about it; it would drive me crazy.

Brendon Urie

MeCrazyDriveThinkingSomething

When my dad died, it was as if my mum died, too.

Brigitte Nielsen

TooDiedMumDad

The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.

Sydney Wayser

EyesSongWolfStrongerWantMore

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