Donna Tartt Quotes
It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Planning is thinking beforehand how something is to be made or done, and mixing imagination with the product - which in a broad sense makes all of us planners. The only difference is that some people get a license to get paid for thinking and the rest of us just contribute our good thoughts to our fellow man.
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The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children, want to know what we're made out of, how it works, and why the universe is the way it is.
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At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people.
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It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.
