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.
Quotes to Explore
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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 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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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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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
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The way I write is very much without kind of a goal. I have something I'm interested in and then I decide I'm going to explore it. I don't know where the characters are going to go, I don't know what the movie is going to do or what the screenplay is going to do. For me, that's the way to keep it alive.
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Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. "Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?" Don't you want to save some of the pizza for your brother?" Wasn't there any change?
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Mum was always hard-working. She came over from Spain and bought her own council house.
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I like that there are young people being given opportunities to explore and learn and grow and become themselves with a path that is associated with my mother. She would have liked that very much.
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Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of Europe without sounding like reactionary troglodytes.
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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.
