Beth Gutcheon Quotes
I've found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I've been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don't try to protect them in ways that aren't good for the story.
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I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.
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We should never remain hostages of our past.
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The High-Intelligence Life Forms of the planet, of which there were at least three species, all of low technological achievement, they would ignore or enslave or extirpate, whichever was most convenient. For to an aggressive people only technology mattered.
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I give a lot of instruction in training. It's difficult for me to do the same in matches, so I need guys on the pitch to read the game, to understand what we want.
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I'm not one to probe my limitations.
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I've found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I've been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don't try to protect them in ways that aren't good for the story.
