Emma Donoghue Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
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You can't legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living.
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The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
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If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.
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Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.
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Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had a great love for each other. I saw that when my father flew over from Los Angeles when he knew my mother was going to die.
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I'm trying to talk about challenging subjects people might not like and trying to find relief as we discuss it.
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Adulthood is hell.
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I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.
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Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.
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The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
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You don't need fancy sneakers to run fast
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.
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We all have our own takes on things. To being yourself. The abstract, the whole thing that I play with, seems to result in seeing through your lenses, and once you express how you see things to others, you start to see there are similarities between all people. It's kind of like, no matter how far you go, you're still where you started, in a way.
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'Scared is what you're feeling,' says Ma, 'but brave is what you're doing.'
