Daniel Mallory Ortberg Quotes

A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1986

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I thought it was quintessentially American - very hip, very late-'60s. I was absolutely stunned when a German production company asked me if I could do a 'Sesame Street' in Germany. It was absolutely the happiest surprise.

Joan Ganz Cooney

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I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.

Anderson Cooper

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When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music.

Maurice Jarre

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I do like playing the darker side of life but as much as the lighter side as well. They all resonate out of the same place, which is that everyone has a story to tell. Depending on their upbringing and their history, it determines who they are as an adult. My job is to take the role from there.

Michael Eklund

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I was raised by a single mother.

Josh Peck

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I loved my childhood. They had the coolest toys back then. Star Wars, Transformers, laser-tag gun sets. Toy companies have really gone downhill.

Jon Heder

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Phyllida Lloyd is probably the sweetest person on the planet.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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There is something in human beings that loves stories.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

Arthur Erickson

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My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a businessman and politician. I was actually raised by my grandfather.

Aliko Dangote

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There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.

Peter Hain

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If you take away people's identity and their ability through the ballot box to determine their future, don't be surprised if they turn to extremes or violence or anything else.

Nigel Farage

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