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We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.
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I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.
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School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
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Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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Madame Chairman, I presume this is to sweep Britain clean of socialism
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I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.
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Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.
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If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.
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In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
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We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.
