Margaret Mahy Quotes

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.

Margaret Mahy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

SimpleMeBookStoryPictureShort

The only way to improve is to set yourself harder goals.

Joanne Whalley

GoalsYourselfWayImproveOnlySet

So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared?

Joe Carnahan

FearManYourselfThinkViewYou

When I'm on set, I never really get intimidated by people.

Jeremy Luke

PeopleNeverGetSetReally

I went to play in Brazil when I had just turned 18 and was the world's top junior player. I got to the airport, and no one knew who I was. I couldn't speak any Portuguese, and no one spoke English. Then someone said something that resembled 'tennis,' and I went with that.

John McEnroe

WorldSpeakSomeonePlayAirport

I was a Yankee fan until 1981. That was the year the Yankees were two up on the Dodgers and lost four straight. And George Steinbrenner apologized to the city.

John McEnroe

CityYearLostTwoUpFour

When you talk or write or film, you work with the music inside you, the music that formed you. Different generations have different musics in them, so whatever they do, it's going to come out differently, and it will speak in beats of their own generation.

Robert Krulwich

WorkMusicSpeakGenerationYou

I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money.

Matthew Modine

MoneyBaseballThoughtSillyWorth

I'm in a unique position, reviewing products for a living, as well as having a successful cosmetics company.

Jeffree Star

UniqueLivingCompanySuccessful

I read Google News and use NetNewsWire to keep up with general and tech news.

Steve Wozniak

NewsGoogleUpKeepTechGeneral

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

So many of my followers who just graduated can't get jobs; they're hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and they don't know what to do. My dream is to see a new generation of entrepreneurs who are creating and having more meaningful jobs than the day-to-day grind.

Michelle Phan

GenerationDreamGrindCreatingKnow

Trump is a cultural candidate for president, not an economic one. He clearly loves America and wants America to stay America. America won't be America if it has open borders and mass Muslim immigration.

Milo Yiannopoulos

ImmigrationAmericaPresidentBorders

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Margaret Mahy