Veronica Roth Quotes

As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.

Veronica Roth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 19, 1988

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We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.

Jerry Garcia

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I think I'm comedy-attractive, but it's never gonna be me and Charlize Theron up there.

Jennifer Coolidge

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The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.

John Mackey

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And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy.

Robert Klein

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Being a grandparent doesn't interest me whatsoever. Babies are all right if they're your own, but I'm not interested in other people's. It's something you tolerate because they are yours.

Angela Bowie

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I want to leave behind a literary legacy.

Rupi Kaur

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I had two wonderful teachers: Sanford Melsner and Fred Kareman.

Mary Steenburgen

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We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation.

Joichi Ito

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Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision.

DeRay Mckesson

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As we approached our work, my colleagues and I looked to the U.S. Constitution for guidance. It states, 'No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.' No person, no exceptions.

Asa Hutchinson

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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Renewable energy is not more expensive than fossil fuel when you factor in life-cycle costs.

Piyush Goyal

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