Fabrizio Moreira Quotes
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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Do people ever ask me to say 'Wow?' Never in interviews, but a few times on the street. I don't do it. I try to get away from them as quickly as possible and explain that I'm not a performing seal.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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I can remember hearing the theme tune to Dallas when I was supposed to be in bed. I would sneak down and try to watch it through the banisters. My mum loved that show.
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The business of horror movies goes up and down, and people are always like, 'It's working,' 'It's not working,' but generally, I think if you make a good movie that's scary, people will come.
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He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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