Malorie Blackman Quotes

The worst thing about being the laureate has been the attitude of a tiny minority of adults who haven't liked some of the things I'm supposed to have said and who have used it as an opportunity to be verbally abusive and nasty, but I haven't let it rule my world!

Malorie Blackman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AttitudeOpportunityWorldSaidRule

I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story.

John McGahern

GreatTimeStoryThinkYouYoung

My target audience is anyone who finds the world interesting and human behavior fascinating, terrible, inspiring, funny, and occasionally, mysterious.

Amy Bloom

FunnyWorldBehaviorInteresting

The venture capital world is completely stacked against minority entrepreneurs.

Troy Carter

WorldMinorityAgainstVenture

I always wanted to work on the consumer market; I always wanted to work with people.

Roustam Tariko

WorkPeopleAlwaysMarketConsumer

The heroes of my childhood were Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy... but I was inspired by the ideals of our 40th president and became a Republican.

Mike Pence

ChildhoodKingPresidentHeroesOur

When clients are involved in a crisis, we often start at the end. When this is over, where do you want to end up? What's your endgame? We try to start from that and work ourselves back.

Judy Smith

WorkStartEndYouBackWant

Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.

Judd Gregg

GoodCommunitySafetyYouProtection

My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed, 18-year-old actor, I'd be left unrecognized. People remember me.

Josh Ryan Evans

PeopleMeRememberActorWriteSize

If it wasn't for Al Kooper, there might not be a Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's the one who found us at Pinocchio's in Atlanta, Georgia, and signed us to Sounds Of The South through MCA, brought the band to attention.

Johnny Van Zant

AttentionAtlantaBandGeorgiaUs

For me, I've always been one that reads a script and has been ready, wiling and able to go out and fight for parts.

Chris Klein

FightMeReadyGoAlwaysOut

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Christopher Morley

BearNeverHardestMisfortunesCame

The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it.

Christine Keeler

AloneKissMeTryGotWould

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