Kathryn Harrison Quotes
I don't care what people think about me. I care what people think about my work. As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own.
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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My translation work has been pretty separate from my fiction, as it was basically an accidental side project that turned into a separate and parallel career.
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It's always so nerve-wracking being up there on stage. It's even harder playing in your hometown - and I have a couple of home towns - but, you're playing for all the people you knew in high school, so it causes no small degree of panic in my mind.
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When you go on vacation with people, you learn a lot about them.
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I don't care what people think about me. I care what people think about my work. As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own.
