Eleanor Catton Quotes

I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into something good.

Eleanor Catton

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However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.

Jim Hodges

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In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964.

John E. Walker

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I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote my first song when I was two.

Melora Hardin

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When I was in college, there were dollar movie nights. I went to see 'The Long Goodbye,' which was based on one of Chandler's books but was contemporary and set in Los Angeles in 1973. I loved the movie, which motivated me to read the book.

Michael Connelly

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Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.

John Twelve Hawks

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My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.

Toni Tennille

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Without network neutrality, cable and phone companies could stifle innovation.

Marvin Ammori

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It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music.

Michael Tilson Thomas

MusicChildrenGreatHappyYouPlay

In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others.

Julia Cameron

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I want the white people to understand my people.

Chief Joseph

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When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI.

Christopher Lee

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If everything is very important, then nothing is important.

Brian Mulroney

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