Emma Donoghue Quotes
I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.'Emma Donoghue
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
Tatiana Maslany -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
Gail Parent -
There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
Campbell Scott -
Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
H. P. Lovecraft
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
Dan Coats -
People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
Idris Elba -
And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
Pamela Anderson -
Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
Kate Walsh -
Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
Calvin Klein -
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
Larry Wilmore
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran -
I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
Aasif Mandvi -
Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
Om Puri -
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
Oliver Stone -
Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
Kara DioGuardi -
I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
Gary Vaynerchuk
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I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life.
Ingmar Bergman -
We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
Anyone who says he is an expert in the market is lying to you. There is no such thing.
Mark Cuban -
As a person, I'm incredibly overfamiliar. I have to be careful what I say!
Vanessa Kirby -
I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.'
Emma Donoghue