Natalie Babbitt Quotes

I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.

Natalie Babbitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 28, 1932 - October 31, 2016

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On Wednesday, January 1, 1954, at 6:30 P.M., I presented the first-ever 'Top of the Pops.' I remember a journalist asking me how long I thought the programme would last. I said to him, 'It will last as long as people buy records.'

Jimmy Savile

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If you want to express yourself, you need the services of a lover or a psychiatrist; if you want to express a book, you might conceivably manage it.

Jill Paton Walsh

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I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.

Robert Kiyosaki

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I think all actors, when they're not working, say, 'If I can get to this point where I'm working on a consistent basis, I'll be happy.' Of course, then, if that happens for you, and you're lucky, you find some other reason to complain. There's a joke: 'If you want to hear an actor complain, give him a job.'

Mike Colter

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You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.

Miranda Otto

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I am still a hard-core romantic.

Divyanka Tripathi

RomanticI AmStillAm

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

Dick Van Dyke

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You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.

Christian Dior

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I cast my first vote on my father's lap in 1960, for Richard Nixon, in the voting booth. I was 8.

Christopher Buckley

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We all make mistakes. Sometimes people slip, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of the support.

Susan Burton

MistakesSupportPeopleSometimes

In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and I'd like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work.

Scott Adkins

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I was raised right. I dig who I am.

Scott Caan

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