"When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books."

-- Margaret Mahy

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“I'm just making fun music so you can let your guard down and enjoy it, don't worry about what's cool and what's not.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 30, 2006.
“Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.”
“I have come to Germany to learn at first hand the problems involved in the reconstruction of Germany and to discuss with our representatives the views of the United States Government as to some of the problems confronting us.”
“And if there come the singers, and the dancers and the flute players - buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and fod for your soul.”
“I'm sure coach Frank Rijkaard will want the Dutch to go on and score a fourth now - although obviously they'll have to score the third one first.”
“Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint.”

Source : "Arizona Effort to Block Contraception Simply Bad Health Policy" by Richard H. Carmona, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2012.
“I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.”
“I could eat gazpacho three times a day.”

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