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David Almond Quotes

My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: May 15, 1951

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Work Two Frontier Superstition

When a movie opened - if you lived in New York, you would see it at Radio City Music Hall where it would play a couple of weeks, and then you moved on to the next movie. Now you can see it the rest of your life - it's going to be on Netflix and DVD.

Life Music New York City Rest You

I love sensual materials like silk or cashmere.

Love Sensual Silk Like Materials

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

Science Day World Universe Help Us

Every time I go onstage, it's a little less 'Chris Rock's brother.'

Time Brother Go Rock Little Every

My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance.

Self-Confidence Appearance Things Did

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.

You Dream Want Only Limited

I think we need to respect the wishes of voters. They have been busily at work making these decisions in primary after primary after primary.

Mitch McConnell

Work Respect Think Decisions Wishes

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Protect Writer Inform Reader Written

Because I grew up on 'Star Wars', that was the best example of creating a full and rich world to me as a writer. When I was watching those movies as a kid, I wanted to know more about every damn character in that universe. There was always a hint that there was a story there that you just weren't getting to see.

Christopher McCulloch

Character Best Me World Story Rich

The beauty of having your ego checked as many times as my ego was checked in Newark made me recognize how much I needed other people who were very different than me in order to get big things done.

Beauty People Me Ego Done Big

Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's Laureate post exists.

Passion Children Creativity World

I had a year at 3 when I wanted to be a conductor in the opera.

Year Opera Wanted Conductor Had

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