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Mal Peet Quotes

Sex and death, the magnetic poles of fiction, attract us children's writers no less than adult authors, but we have to be more leery of their pull.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: October 5, 1947 - March 2, 2015

Topics

Children Death Sex More Fiction Us

Egocentrism appears to us as a form of behavior intermediate between purely individual and socialized behavior.

Behavior Individual Us Between Form

This is so dumb - once time I spray-tanned before a race, and I didn't shower, and I sweated the whole thing off on my car. It was so bad, I told a fan I would never do it again.

Car Time Bad Dumb Race Never

Owners are made to be hated. We're the guys that trade away your favorite player.

Trade Away Favorite Your Hated Made

The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families.

Martin O'Malley

Crown Two United Presidency Between

As a society, we devalued farming as an occupation and encouraged the best students to leave the farm for 'better' jobs in the city. We emptied America's rural counties in order to supply workers to urban factories.

Best City Society Better America

I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That's my biggest motivation.

Champion Motivation Dream Out Going

Before, it had been fame, and then super-fame came. And then it became super-super-fame. One loses one's personal life, really; you're recognized everywhere. But I embraced that.

Life You Fame Personal Been Before

There's always constantly interesting things to do, and who knows, maybe I will be a good sculptor. I haven't decided what I am going to do next, but I am not going to quit just because I did something interesting.

Good I Am Interesting Just Because

Dinner is often a very celebratory environment, a very safe place, a time to reflect and let the day go and enjoy good food and good wine. It's a very peaceful moment during the day. A great dinner can change your day around.

Change Good Great Time Food Moment

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Failure Think Early Call Well Too

Every year there's five cop shows, five medical shows and five 'Law & Orders,' but when it's a show about women, they want to pit everyone against each other. I don't think they'd do that if it was a guy show. I think there's room for all of us.

Bonnie Somerville

Women Medical Law Think Year Want

You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.

Bradley Whitford

Believe Speak You Want Banana Turn

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