Malorie Blackman Quotes

I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.

Malorie Blackman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 8, 1962

Topics

MyselfSchoolWindBookProudYou

You don't want to end up living a horribly narcissistic life, do you? And everything about fame and celebrity sort of suggests that kind of fate.

Jodhi May

LifeFateEndYouKindLiving

In the '60s, I thought golf was bourgeois, so I didn't play at all for 20 years.

Jerry Jeff Walker

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The government can spy on people using their mobile phones while they're with their wives and husbands.

John McAfee

GovernmentPeoplePhonesSpyMobile

Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them? Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.

Angela Duckworth

RealityEarlyNeedWithoutFragile

I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life.

Rob Bishop

LifeFightI AmValueCareerWill

I like a boyish quality in a man, somebody who is still adventurous. But I have no rules. I do not care - within reason - about your chronological age. I care whether you have passion in your life.

Mary Frann

LifePassionAgeQualityManCare

I'm not making any bets on the future.

Michelle Williams

FutureMakingAnyBets

I heard Cher say, 'I answer to two people: Myself and God.' I say, 'I only answer to me. I'm not sure I appreciate God's opinion.'

Lisa Lampanelli

GodMyselfPeopleMeOpinionSay

I'm not out running around all the time. I'm not partying constantly and constantly battling myself. I'm with someone, and we are very, very happy.

Johnny Knoxville

TimeMyselfHappySomeoneOutVery

The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen.

Chris Pine

EyesGreatGrowing UpYouBodyLook

I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused.

Ciara

WomenLookBackKnowWantFocused

I like how food can look incredible more than I like eating it. I started moving food around the plate to make it appear I'd eaten more but then enjoyed making faces on the plate - peas for eyebrows, Yorkshire puddings for eyes.

Noel Fielding

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