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Caroline B. Cooney Quotes

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.

Caroline B. Cooney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 10, 1947

Topics

Life Writing Story Details You Way

People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.

Joe Cocker

Good Honesty People Amazing Three

I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded, and now, well - I can only do it my way.

Joan Hickson

Me Thought I Can Wrong Now Way

I've had an unusual career in that I've never had a big break, but the rent always seemed to get paid.

John Cho

Career Never Rent Always Break Big

'Star Trek' still - I'm kind of intrigued by the way that the standard foods of various non-humans are sometimes portrayed as downright disgusting.

Ann Leckie

Sometimes Kind Way Star Still Foods

Imagine you're copying a very long document, and occasionally you'll put an A where there should be a C. And that mistake has been translated down through the generations, and more mistakes have accumulated. So the longer the lineage has been in existence, the more mistakes the sequence is going to have.

Spencer Wells

Mistakes Mistake Long You Down More

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.

Ruth Ann Minner

Life Death Said Want Trash Talk

The United States has an unfair advantage, as most of the popular cloud services, search engines, computer and mobile operating systems or web browsers are made by U.S. companies. When the rest of the world uses the net, they are effectively using U.S.-based services, making them a legal target for U.S. intelligence.

Mikko Hypponen

Intelligence World Rest Legal Search

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

Mary Astell

Value Self Real Humour Us Than

I wish you could see a new Cro Cop, 15 years younger. I wish it was possible.

Mirko Cro Cop

Wish You New Possible I Wish See

Separation of Church and state was a radical idea when the U.S. was first founded, but it's become The Way Things Are.

Judith Tarr

Church Separation Way Become First

I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.

David Silva

Me Think Doing Park Playing Middle

If you want to make a serious, rugged, reliable robot, you can start with the Create platform and just build stuff on top of it.

Colin Angle

Start You Create Serious Want Build