Alan Garner Quotes

I don't think I've ever frightened myself before when writing, but there were areas where there was terror, as though I was looking into somewhere that I didn't know existed before, and it frightened me.

Alan Garner

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I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough.

Jillian Michaels

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The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.

John Barrasso

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I love getting up in the morning with nothing else to do except write.

Ron Moody

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I really wanted to write the death of Captain Kirk.

Ronald D. Moore

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I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.

Mary Steenburgen

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Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage', as it is called, is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work, and it is a gamble.

Mira Nair

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I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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The scary thing is a dramatic erosion of American position in the world - its economic, military position, as well as America's influence. Obama is not the man at the wheel desperately trying to conserve American power, influence and wealth. For ideological reasons, he wants the slipping to continue. He's actually the architect of it.

Dinesh D'Souza

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When I was a kid, I read books that made me laugh but also made me shiver in terror. I wanted to make books that made other people feel the same way.

Bruce Coville

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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Augustus Hare

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It's important to have girlfriends, because guys tend to come and go.

Ashley Tisdale

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In the normal course of things, journalists want their story, and as soon as they are through with it, they pack their cameras and go. That was never the impression that David Astor gave when you were interviewed by him. It was far deeper than that.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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