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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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
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We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in need.
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Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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I get uncomfortable in large groups of people and loud music.
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My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
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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.
