"What interests me about clocks is that everything……" — Brian Selznick
"What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker."
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31 Quotes by Brian Selznick
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I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true…
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I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see…
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I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an…
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If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.
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I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They…
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Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really…
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Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins…
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I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.
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If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This…
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My house had suddenly turned into a hospital ward.
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I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.
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I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I…
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
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I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in…
— John Barrymore
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There are always deadlines I have to meet. I don't let myself get too close to the deadlines, so it's…
— Scott Adams
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I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course.…
— Lewis Black
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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
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A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving…
— Emily Bronte
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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position…
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I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas.
— Dan Brown
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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