Mark Haddon Quotes
Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?
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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
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The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
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Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.
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I didn't expect to have music as my main thing. I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. When I graduated, I was doing really well with my music in Malaysia. I had stable income, and I had really good momentum in the music industry, so I had to make a decision whether to stop that and continue being a lawyer.
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'Grace' is basically a death prayer. Not something of sorrow, but of just casting away any fear of death. No relief will come - you really just have to stew in your life until it's time to go. But sometimes, somebody else's faith in you can do wonders.
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I've had several unavoidable problems because of my athletic career.
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But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.
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Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.