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 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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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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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 ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
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The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
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I'm not curing cancer. I'm not saving lives. It's my job. I'm an actor. It's a good, fun job. People enjoy it, but there are many other people who are doing so many things that are more worthwhile. I just don't see anything that special about it. I see it as entertaining.
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What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.
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I believe acknowledging our own mistakes is half the problem solved.
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I do think any modern storyteller is influenced by the stories we all grow up with and become familiar with, our shared cultural narratives.
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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.
