Denise Mina Quotes
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I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish.
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I never exercise, and I eat everything.
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I'll be kicked out before I rust out.
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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
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I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.
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Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
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Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She's just so amazing.
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You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
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I can lick my elbow. I know that's supposed to be impossible, but I can do it!
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Well, when I started modeling in the mid-'80s, the girls who did shows did shows, and the girls who did magazines did magazines. That's what was understood.
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Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is Life, forever.
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In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.
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I think I present a different side of a male character: a side that is not John Wayne-like, a side that is, in fact, destructible. To some people, that is refreshing, and to other people, especially if they don't know me, it may be disturbing.
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I think the failures of Republican governance led to a distrust of Republican elites, which is fair enough.
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Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.
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Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.
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Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity.
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If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.
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Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.
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'Jurassic Park' isn't about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation.
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The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim to be called a civilised government. Bear in mind, such a government does not survive long. I declare that the blows struck at me will be the last nails in the coffin of the British rule in India.
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I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.
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I didn't really like snowboarding in the beginning. Now, I just love it. I'm in love with it.
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Journalism is a Darwinian process.
