Donna Tartt Quotes
In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you're trying to work out.
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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One time, I pranked my sister: I put red solo cups in her room on her floor and filled them with water. Then I put string all over so you couldn't get anywhere.
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The men and women of America's homeland security apparatus do important work to protect us, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress should not be playing politics with that.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
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In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.
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In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you're trying to work out.
