Denise Mina Quotes
Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.
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I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.
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I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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I never expected to make a lot of money from music.
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I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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My father was a big influence - it was very important to him that we traveled, and he gave me my strong work ethic.
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In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
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When I have trouble sleeping, I'll read, watch old episodes of 'Sex and the City,' or dance around my house. Music helps me wind down.
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God bless those employees at United who somehow continue to be gracious and patient and generous with customers even while bearing the brunt of a broken company themselves.
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Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.
