Emma Donoghue Quotes
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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I like rap. I like anything with soul. I like anything you can feel, anything that makes you think that the artist had to make that song, or they were going to go crazy.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.
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We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the kind of joy that can take over a crowd of people or a group of people, in festivity, in ecstatic ritual of some kind, in celebration.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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I'm not semi-retired, I'm just taking it easy.
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There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time.
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I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.
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I really love Paul Smith. And Chrome Hearts. They make the most beautiful, high-end leather and outerwear and jewelry you've ever seen. But I'm not a big fan of shopping. I certainly am a fan of clothes and especially people that put time into the construction of them.
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I don't get much studio stuff. I'm usually on location, and I know that some people think that acting is so glamorous, but believe me, it's not!
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Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.
