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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I traveled so much to dance that I feel a part of many places, but New York is where I spent most of my life and where my career has been - it's the place where I exist.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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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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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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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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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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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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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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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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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
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I think it tends to be overused and can be a little bit gimmicky. A lot of people are using 3-D now because they feel have they have to... that will come and go and the pictures that deserve to be in 3-D will continue to be. When it's done bad, it can make you carsick.
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Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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The only way to drive out bad culture is to create good culture. We need to recognize that artistic talent is a gift from the Lord - and that developing those talents is the only way to create good culture.
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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.
