Elliot Perlman Quotes
Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust.
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What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as cardiology or oncology. But psychiatry has to be far more embedded in people's personal and social worlds.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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My father had very little formal education.
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I know I look super young.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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I never co-write. I've tried it before, and I just can't do it.
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I started on 'Neighbours' when I was 14. It's crazy to think now that I had such a bizarre adolescence.
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If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.
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Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.
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Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at writing something about the Holocaust.
