"The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten how to amuse itself unaided."

-- Hans Koning

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“I grew up in a dysfunctional family.”
“I'm truly blessed to be doing what I've always wanted - CREATE. I have found a freedom that is hard to put into words. I always wondered about my projects - which artists are working on what, and which directions should I take? I don't even think of those things now. I passionately go into my studio and ask myself, what would I like to create today?”
“I don't understand "animal people" who say they are not environmentalists. Do they not realize that the vast majority of animals live in the environment?”

Source : "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.
“But when I saw the cursive grace of Guido Rahr's fly line writing prayers I couldn't read to the river gods of Outer Mongolia, I knew my name was written there too. Fly fishing was going to be my version of my father's sport, my nod to my Scottish ancestors and to my self, and to the fish crazed part of America I had claimed as my own.”
“It's frustrating - not that I expect to be the same person I was 10 years ago, but I do expect to do certain things. In all honesty, my body for the most part feels really good. But at this point of my career, I have to rely on different parts of my game, knowing how to take some short cuts when you can.”
“When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside your head, in addition to the ones inside your head, you'll never get anything done. There's enough inner strife.”

Source : "Interview: Melissa Rosenberg On New Moon, Eclipse, And Breaking Dawn's Potential Mpaa Rating". Interview with Laremy Legel, www.mtv.com. April 4, 2010.
“I'm looking to get in the best shape possible for London and not worrying about rivals.”
“And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in in a thousand ways, and the Night, and the trail of the Milky Way to wonder at....”

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