Emma Donoghue Quotes
You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.
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Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.
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The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made medieval monarchs rich and funded the early-modern state.
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I see a steady downward slope toward oblivion over the next three years. I'm pessimistic. Everything that's happened to me so far has been kind of flukey. I went into Twentieth Century because I wanted to work for Hal Prince. The part was too small according to my agent. I had been doing only leading parts, and he thought I should continue that. But the part was enlarged in rehearsal: songs were added, and it became more physicalized and showy. Then I won awards and got attention.
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What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
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You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it.
