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“I like Target. I like the ones in the Midwest, personally. We don't really have those in England yet.”
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“I'm like the opposite of one of those comedians who's funny on stage and depressed behind closed doors . On record, I can get pretty dark, but in real life I'm very carefree. But when I'm happy, I ain't writing songs, I'm out having a laugh, being in love. I wouldn't have the time. If I ever get married, it'll be 'Darling, I need a divorce, it's been three years, I've got a record to write!'”
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“It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many writers for children say they do not write specifically with a child audience in mind ... This isn't true for me. I am very aware of my audience. Sometimes I can almost see them out there reacting as I write. Sometimes I think, 'Oh, you're going to like this part.”
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“I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“New York, thy name is irreverence and hyperbole. And grandeur.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1976). “Kicked a building lately?”, Crown
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“How many people is the earth able to sustain?”
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“And suddenly I realize that although I've never thought about being in love with Nick before, all the right ingredients are there. I fancy him. I like him. He's my friend. He makes me laugh. I love being with him. And I start to feel all sort of warm and glowy, and screw the other stuff. Screw the stuff about him having no money, and living in a bedsit, and not being what I thought I wanted. I'm just going to go with this and see where it ends up. I mean, no one says I have to marry the guy, for God's sake.”
Source : Jane Green (2001). “Mr. Maybe”, p.471, Broadway Books
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“An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.”