Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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The ideas and practices of Franz Anton Mesmer, an 18th-century Australian healer, had spread to the United States and, by the 1840s, held the country in thrall. Mesmer proposed that everything in the universe, including the human body, was governed by a 'magnetic fluid' that could become imbalanced, causing illness.
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If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.
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That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
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Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main character, private detective Rad Bradley, to have. I also knew that the world was far larger than what I'd presented in book one.
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Presence is more than just being there.
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Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.
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It's a job and we're going to work together for six months, so let's have a good time.
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Maybe we can have an all-female Marvel film. We've been talking about it. It's only a matter of time.
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Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
