Emma Donoghue Quotes
A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.
Emma Donoghue
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
Barry Levinson
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I'm focused on being the best, making history.
Canelo Alvarez
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I don't particularly like L.A.
Walter Becker
Steely Dan
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
Valerie Jarrett
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When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.
Floyd Abrams
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
Eddie Marsan
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A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.
Lisa See
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When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors who marches in with a set of plans.
Maximilian Schell
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I'm quite competitive. Not with other models but with myself. I have to win.
Arizona Muse
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On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
A. S. Byatt
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I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.
Felicity Jones
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A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.
Emma Donoghue