Caroline B. Cooney Quotes

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up.

Caroline B. Cooney

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Europeans tend to feel more positively about their governments than do Americans, for whom the failures and unpopularity of their federal, state, and local politicians are a commonplace. Yet Americans' various governments collect taxes and, in return, provide services without which they could not easily live their lives.

Angus Deaton

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I may be no better, but at least I am different.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Music should be truthful and real, but it should also be healing and uplifting.

Steve Forbert

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I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl.

Shirley Temple

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If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor.

Robert Chambers

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I think there are certain ways that people are always themselves, but I do think people change.

Mike White

ChangePeopleThinkPeople Change

Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

Johnny Vegas

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It's important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album.

Dolores O'Riordan

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As corny as it sounds, I'm often pinching myself going, 'What great opportunities and great parts and great people that I've gotten to work with.'

Chris Messina

WorkGreatMyselfPeopleGoing

I live by fallacy. 'If I get enough nice Ikea furniture, I'll be a grown-up.' Then I catch myself. Or, 'If I get off by myself, away from the stress of modern life, I'll be OK.' Then I catch myself.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I literally get one hundred calls a day. I can't get anything done, but I'm happy about it.

Bob Goff

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I'm very aware of my own background. I'm Irish, French, and then a little bit of everything else thrown in, ranging from German to Native American. We're talking about tiny drops of blood.

Anne Hathaway

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