Daphne du Maurier Quotes
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
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Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
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Tonight I just need my guitar.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm going to play the young role as long as I can because once that ship has sailed, there's no getting back on it.
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'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.
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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.
