Cynthia Leitich Smith Quotes

Big picture, it's amazing to create characters and see them brought to life in the art. And to love that art. But I especially enjoy writing a character with heightened powers that aren't especially useful to him.

Cynthia Leitich Smith

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My character on 'Voyager,' because of the way he was presented, I could go either way. I could be a real buffoon, a windbag, be self-involved, and we could get a lot of comic mileage from him. However, the audience accepted me with gravity when I was in a dire situation, so they would follow me in comic or dramatic stories.

Robert Picardo

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I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do.

Stuart Appleby

MyselfWinTigerDisappointedEven

We will work toward maintaining the status quo for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in order to bring the greatest benefits and well-being to the Taiwanese people.

Tsai Ing-wen

WorkPeacePeopleWell-BeingWill

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Robert W. Service

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People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.

Marvin Bower

EducationPersonalityPeoplePersonal

I have nice muscle tone in my arms. I can't really take credit for it, though - all the members of my family do. A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up!

Michelle Monaghan

FamilyGrowing UpCreditNiceMuscle

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WorkFatherMenInequalityKnow

I want to start dating the man that I'm gonna marry. I want to start having some fun with someone that I know I'm gonna be with. I don't play any games. I'm too old for that. I've been there; I've been around the block.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

ManDatingFunStartSomeonePlay

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth.

Dennis C. Blair

PathDiversityPeopleStrongYou

I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.

Chris Lowe

BestEyeStrongThinkYouAlways

I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'

Christine McVie

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Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

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