Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.
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Whenever I heard it, whoever said it to me, it felt the same. Like it didn't really mean anything. Because they weren't saying it about the real me. But what if they were? What if everyone who ever said they loved you meant it? How could they? How could any of them have ever meant it when no one but you has ever really known the real me?
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For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation.
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Women need to double and triple men to demonstrate their experience and qualifications.
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The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom.
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Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.
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When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.
