Martine Syms Quotes
I've always been interested in the manufacturing of narratives, identities, and ideologies, and how they are embodied and negotiated by viewers.
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In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
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I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.
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Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.
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I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that.
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I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist.
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If I see Marian Keyes' books or Patricia Scanlan's books given more prominence than mine in the bookstore, I'll move mine to the front. I've told them I do this, and they've confessed to doing the same thing to me.
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I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.
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Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things.
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I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.
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I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn't be afraid to be a kid. I like having fun.
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There's not a man, woman or child on the face of the earth who doesn't enjoy a tasty beverage.
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Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
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I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.
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I've always been interested in the manufacturing of narratives, identities, and ideologies, and how they are embodied and negotiated by viewers.
