Becky Albertalli Quotes

I guess I feel it's funny to be looked to for advice on writing when I am still taking in so much from other people.

Becky Albertalli

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FunnyI AmPeopleWritingAdvice

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

Andrea Arnold

I AmPeopleWhyWayTurnOut

I think people seem to want to read pieces that are shorter but not as short as the pieces they can read in small bites on the Internet. It may be that the sort of long essays are hitting a sweet spot between the tiny morsels online and the full-length book.

Meghan Daum

PeopleSweetSmallBookThinkShort

We did not seek ideological confrontation.

John Hume

SeekConfrontationDidIdeological

To show a 'well-founded fear of persecution', an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.

John Paul Stevens

FearHomeCountryAlienProveShe

We need transformational change of our criminal justice system - not just, you know, a handful of consent decrees or policy reforms.

Michelle Alexander

ChangeJusticeYouKnowNeedSystem

I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home.

Lou Doillon

HomeWomenHateMenManHair

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

Liz Phair

KnowPlayingJustLikeXboxCooler

'Tattoos' reminds me of where I'm from, and some of the stuff I did when I was growing up. That was one of the things that was appealing about the song when I heard it the first time.

Jason Aldean

TimeMeGrowing UpSongGrowingUp

We are way overstepping bounds as federal legislators.

Joni Ernst

WayBoundsLegislatorsFederal

Some people have quick retention. I'm not one of those.

Christopher Lloyd

PeopleSome PeopleQuickRetention

I'm always going to try to win with a positive mindset.

Brock Osweiler

PositiveWinMindsetTryAlways

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

Arnold J. Toynbee

LifeHistoryActionYouIntellectual

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