"I didn't have an imaginary friend, and even if I did I'm sure it would have been derivative of something I saw on television. Optimus Prime maybe?"

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Source : "Helping Students Make Friends". Interview with Brian Smith, www.scholastic.com. August 25, 2014.

Dan Santat

#Television Quotes #Saws Quotes #Derivatives Quotes

“What you resist persists. And only what you look at, and own, can disappear. You make it disappear by simply changing your mind about it.”
“If this seems complex, the reason is because Tao is both simple and complex. It is complex when we try to understand it, and simple when we allow ourselves to experience it.”
“It's not easy to take three ships out of service.”
“Our names were made for us in another century.”
“The cool part about naming your kid is you donâ€™t have to add six numbers to make sure the name is available.”
“I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves.”
“The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Tarkenton from Jun 19, 2013
“All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.”

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