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I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, wh...
TANITH LEE

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don&#...
TANITH LEE

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Ma...
TANITH LEE

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone sa...
TANITH LEE

No one is ever ordinary.
TANITH LEE

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most e...
TANITH LEE

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
TANITH LEE

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.
TANITH LEE

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to rev...
TANITH LEE

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.
TANITH LEE

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
TANITH LEE

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as ...
TANITH LEE

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say i...
TANITH LEE

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
TANITH LEE

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural b...
TANITH LEE

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm ...
TANITH LEE

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them....
TANITH LEE

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. A...
TANITH LEE

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fictio...
TANITH LEE

Pirates have always fascinated me.
TANITH LEE

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more d...
TANITH LEE

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, ev...
TANITH LEE

The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but t...
TANITH LEE

It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock ...
TANITH LEE

The dictate of the light says: "Know yourself and what you are." The dark replies, "By all means, ...
TANITH LEE

The dictate of the light says: ''Know yourself and what you are.'' The dark replies, ''By all means,...
TANITH LEE

I started a version of my French historical novel... I found it utterly fascinating.
TANITH LEE

I am interested in most mythology. Celtic or Christian no more than anything else.
TANITH LEE

The guilty are always the most prone to establish complementary guilt, and the most unforgiving ther...
TANITH LEE

Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.
TANITH LEE

I used to throw away my holograph manuscripts after I'd typed them, but I'm keeping a lot of them no...
TANITH LEE

I haven't deteriorated or gone insane. Suddenly, I just can't get anything into print. And apparentl...
TANITH LEE

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
TANITH LEE

I don't write backwards, I've never been able to do that!
TANITH LEE

I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
TANITH LEE

An editor suggested to me I might try contemporary horror. At first this didn't appeal-then the idea...
TANITH LEE

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
TANITH LEE

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes...
TANITH LEE

I'm a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.
TANITH LEE

My parents were dancers, and we traveled around a lot, so I went to some very ropy schools where I l...
TANITH LEE

What I like about vampires is what I like about everything I want to write about, the depths and hei...
TANITH LEE

Usually the characters lead, but sometimes you have such a strong theme that... they won't let you.
TANITH LEE

It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on o...
TANITH LEE

I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised...
TANITH LEE

Azhrarn the Beautiful," said Chuz lovingly, "it is your beautiful madness I have come to see.
TANITH LEE

The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.
TANITH LEE When we saw the flag going up, it was a sight we had not prepared for because we didn't want to crea...
TANITH BELBIN I have lived here for so long and this was the last piece of the puzzle.
TANITH BELBIN We'd rather it be here than at the Olympics. So in that respect, it's good.
TANITH BELBIN In 2002, I was sitting at home watching the opening ceremonies, not knowing how emotional it would b...
TANITH BELBIN I have lived here for so long, and this was the last piece of the puzzle. I really feel that I have ...
TANITH BELBIN It was a success for us today to go out and perform it as well as we did because the last time was s...
TANITH BELBIN It's so incredibly wonderful to see the movement, because it's unrealistic to think that each team h...
TANITH BELBIN It feels very special to be a part of both countries. I follow the Canadian team, I keep an eye on h...
TANITH BELBIN Being sick, we were a little cautious preparing for this event.
TANITH BELBIN Lots of teams feel better staying at home and just taking it easy and building up themselves in trai...
TANITH BELBIN I'm so excited, so proud of everybody -- it's an amazing group. We've all been through so much just ...
TANITH BELBIN For the first time, I was able to cross the border and when I was asked my citizenship, I could say ...
TANITH BELBIN We feel it is our time to shine, and now we can make the most of this as we try to qualify for the O...
TANITH BELBIN Worlds are still a major goal for us.
TANITH BELBIN We thought we did a really great job, the best we've ever done this dance, and 10 times better than ...
TANITH BELBIN To see both flags waving all the time, it's overwhelming. Usually you only get that much support fro...
TANITH BELBIN It's really important for us to explain to everyone what an honor and a blessing it's been to feel t...
TANITH BELBIN All athletes here, U.S. athletes in particular ... have added pressure to add to that medal count. W...
TANITH BELBIN I think we have a good shot at worlds. The door is opened a little bit further for us to challenge f...
TANITH BELBIN We didn't have a storybook ending in mind, but this is pretty close.
TANITH BELBIN I don't think we've fully experienced all the emotions yet. This was the most challenging performanc...
TANITH BELBIN I know for a fact it won't take another 30 years [for the next U.S. medal]. If you saw nationals, yo...
TANITH BELBIN We usually make a point not to watch in case that happens because it affects you mentally.
TANITH BELBIN The moment we saw the flag rising, we hadn't allowed ourselves to imagine. We didn't want to create ...
TANITH BELBIN Obviously, we could have done better. I had a few stumbles, but I wasn't anticipating to come here a...
TANITH BELBIN When you add it all together, regardless of where we finished (in the free program), we were second ...
TANITH BELBIN It's just the best Christmas gift I could ever ask for.
TANITH BELBIN The U.S. team has always been welcoming to me. Now I've put that last hurdle behind us, and we can g...
TANITH BELBIN The energy the U.S. team created within itself was really amazing. No one really could contain thems...
TANITH BELBIN She referenced that when she spoke with us, and she's extremely supportive. It was very, very nice t...
TANITH BELBIN Canada has always been extremely supportive of me. Thankfully, when I made the move, I had full supp...
TANITH BELBIN

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.
LEE CHILD

In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my ch...
JENNIFER LEE

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgi...
SANDRA LEE What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out tha...
AILEEN LEE

There's a McDonald's in the Louvre.
LEE RADZIWILL

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was d...
AMY LEE

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our chil...
LEE HANEY

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.
AMY LEE There is too little courtship in the world.
VERNON LEE The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
VERNON LEE

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of wa...
HARPER LEE

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
HARPER LEE

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it th...
HARPER LEE

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
HARPER LEE

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't ...
HARPER LEE

I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's ...
LEE TREVINO

There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Supe...
JIM LEE

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
SPIKE LEE Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ...
LEE DANIELS

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in ...
HARPER LEE

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor a...
SPIKE LEE

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.
BRANDON LEE

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.
SPIKE LEE Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still you...
ANNA LEE I was a star in England, but I've never been a star in America. Now I am.
ANNA LEE They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can ...
ANNA LEE My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.
ANNA LEE Yes, I'm a great believer in angels.
ANNA LEE Every day that I get to step onto a set is a good day for me.
LEE NORRIS

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not...
LEE TREVINO That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it...
LAURIE LEE

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to k...
LEE TREVINO I was always in trouble. I was mischievous. And movies were always a part of my world.
LEE DANIELS

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
HARPER LEE

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would lik...
HARPER LEE I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. ...
LEE DANIELS General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squ...
LEE SMOLIN

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where rea...
HARPER LEE

I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge ...
TOMMY LEE

I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'.
BRANDON LEE

I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that...
AMY LEE

The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have...
ANG LEE

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
LEE IACOCCA

There were so many things I couldn't do when my brother-in-law was president.
LEE RADZIWILL I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre...
LEE DANIELS

The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It d...
JIM LEE I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.
BARBARA LEE We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they'...
BARBARA LEE What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into somethi...
BARBARA LEE I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against...
BARBARA LEE The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our de...
BARBARA LEE I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slop...
BARBARA LEE We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must ...
BARBARA LEE We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served t...
BARBARA LEE

You only have the burdens on you that you choose to put there.
BRANDON LEE

Every shot feels like the first shot of the day. If I'm on the range hitting shot after shot, I ...
LEE TREVINO When I was growing up, I had lots of smart classmates that were girls, but none of us were really pu...
AILEEN LEE

So much of the world's suffering results from the sinful action or inaction of ourselves and oth...
LEE STROBEL

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the ac...
LEE HANEY I don't sound disloyal, but I've never had a pair of Marvel pyjamas or underwear. I do have ...
STAN LEE Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and come...
FRANCIS LEE Working a job I love is mentally less stressful than punching in a clock everyday, but it's a lo...
LEE DEWYZE

No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately...
TOMMY LEE

The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. So...
SPIKE LEE The first day when I saw the scores I knew I could have the win because only three people shot in th...
ALAN LEE He must teach evolution exclusively observable scientific fact, not beliefs or religion. I fully bel...
ALAN LEE They're not sure exactly where they're going.
ALAN LEE Most are extremely embarrassed and humiliated. They're not used to asking for help. We've given them...
ALAN LEE

Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as ...
ANG LEE

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasing...
BLAINE LEE

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.
BLAINE LEE

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasing...
BLAINE LEE

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy ju...
LEE CHILD The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what he know...
LAURENCE LEE If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big b...
GEDDY LEE My doctor suggested doing some blood tests and immediately discovered that my white blood cell count...
SHERYL LEE A Bond movie falls into a specific genre, and you have to provide certain elements. You must respect...
LEE TAMAHORI Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and ha...
AMOS LEE

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
SPIKE LEE Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come...
SHERYL LEE

I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 19...
SPIKE LEE I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold...
ED LEE The truth is, I think country music... there's a lot of great people, and just being raised the ...
LEE BRICE

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you ...
BRUCE LEE Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their...
IVY LEE I think what I do is borderline art. Most people who do borderline art have to have other jobs, so I...
STEWART LEE Victory Stadium, I'm surprised it's not No. 1. It tells me that the people who are in position to ef...
AARON LEE He understood his economic situation. That's part of his work ethic. He knows how Stephanie struggle...
AARON LEE When you see him smile, you really don't know what he's gone through to get to that point emotionall...
AARON LEE The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child' -- that speaks volumes about where the ki...
AARON LEE Any death is tragic and our condolences are extended to Mr. Lee and his family, ... We regret his de...
AARON LEE Once he was in custody, an ambulance was immediately called because of his bizarre behavior, his nud...
AARON LEE He was Tased multiple times. Understand that when the probes go out and attach to the body, you can ...
AARON LEE He was sweaty at this time and that made it difficult for the officers to control him,
AARON LEE We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more conveni...
AILEEN LEE

I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good.
LEE MARVIN Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon... tune in to Mother Earth's sweet ...
MELODY LEE

I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA sys...
TOMMY LEE I played with different words like 'home run,' 'megahit,' and they just all sounded ...
AILEEN LEE

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool ...
TOMMY LEE When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.
LEE SALK

People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught...
LEE IACOCCA

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
LEE IACOCCA

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand ther...
LEE IACOCCA

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start ...
LEE IACOCCA No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
LEE RUDOLPH The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself.
NATHANIEL LEE

When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a...
BRUCE LEE

Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awa...
BRUCE LEE

There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.
BRUCE LEE

Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.
BRUCE LEE

Transform it, decorate it, let it become a new Bruce Lee museum,
BRUCE LEE The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he know...
LAURENCE LEE No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
LEE RUDOLPH Obviously when you play, you play to win. That's our goal, to go out and win the region first and th...
ALEX LEE I don't think we're your average first-year team. We have a lot of guys who have played before and h...
ALEX LEE With today's 60-year-old, it's a very different generation of 60-year-olds than the last generation....
ALEX LEE Japan is a fast adopter of new ideas. If you're hot in Japan, you're hot really fast.
ALEX LEE It will take approximately four months to get the existing bridge down. But we are still looking at ...
ALEX LEE

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
HARPER LEE

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you c...
HARPER LEE

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Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)......
HARPER LEE

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

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