Emma Donoghue Quotes
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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In our house, everyone's opinion is welcome. I grew up in a house where everything wasn't when it came to politics or religion.
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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
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The Analytical Engine does not occupy common ground with mere 'calculating machines.' It holds a position wholly its own, and the considerations it suggests are more interesting in their nature.
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The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom.
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I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes.
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Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you're in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.
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Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.
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In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.
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I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers.
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Now and then I find a kitschy series I love.
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The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.
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There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and 'live' with the characters.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
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I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I live with them. Then at some point, it's time to get them out of the house. You can only live with someone like Dr. Georgeous Teitelbaum from THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG for so long, and then it's time for her to go. But it is very like having the company of these people and trying to craft them in some way into a story.
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I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.
