"Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional……" — Jonathan Stroud
"Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants."
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72 Quotes by Jonathan Stroud
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Haven't you done enough for a lifetime? Think about it—two power—crazed magicians killed, a hundred power—crazed magicians saved…
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So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.
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That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small…
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We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question…
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That's usuаllу hоw thеу start, thе young оnеs. Meaningless waffle.
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I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go…
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When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would…
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As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a…
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As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they…
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The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to…
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When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every…
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Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.
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More Accountants Quotes
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For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living…
— Russell Banks
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The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.
— Milton Berle
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It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate…
— Alain de Botton
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I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I…
— Richard Branson
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The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason - to pass the tax bill on to you.
— George W. Bush
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All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell…
— Walter Wriston
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And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist:…
— Doris Lessing
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Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in…
— Harvey Mackay
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Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who…
— Stewart Udall
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The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven,…
— Ernest Newman
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I'll never be that trusting again, believing accountants and lawyers have my best interests at heart.
— Irene Cara
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When I asked my accountant if anything could get me out of this mess I am in now he thought…
— Robert Morley
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