Victoria Hanley Quotes

As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and imagine other lands where people were doing fascinating things. By fifth grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but it took several more decades to really find my way as an author.

Victoria Hanley

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MyselfLieChildPeopleDoingFind

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.

John Galsworthy

LifePowerManLivingBecomePity

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it was the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon. We had a $5 trillion surplus and we cut taxes.

John Kasich

TimeManMoonBudgetHouseDone

It's nice being liked for playing the nice guy, but it's also fun to be the funny one.

Matt McGorry

FunnyFunNicePlayingGuyBeing

Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.

Michael Haneke

MusicProblemsHideUsedFilm

The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself.

Spike Jonze

YourselfControlRememberLoseScary

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.

Steven Soderbergh

FunWeirdIronyHardWatchFilm

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

Robert Trout

FearDoingToo MuchMoreLittle

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

Matt Blunt

TechnologyAgeGovernmentInternet

You feel that your character is special. It's not your normal nine-to-five. You're not someone who goes home and lives a normal life.

Michael Socha

LifeHomeCharacterSomeoneYou

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

PushBackWillSwampThoseCrooks

My stepdad provided me with an amazing childhood. I played outside like a normal kid, I rode my bike, I walked to school, but the happiest times were when I was acting.

Demi Lovato

BikeChildhoodSchoolAmazingMe

My first kiss was when I was 13. I was so nervous that I was shaking. Unfortunately, the girl I kissed never spoke to me again.

Conor Maynard

GirlKissMeNervousNeverFirst

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