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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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.
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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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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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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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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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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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Farewells can be both beautiful and despicable. Saying farewell to one who is loved is very complicated.
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The funny thing about 'Take Shelter' is that a lot of people talk about how it was allegory for the economy and things that were to happen. And that was so on the nose in the movie for me. I was like, 'That's obvious.' It's the other stuff about marriage and commitment and those other things that I spent the most time thinking about.
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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
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I spent centuries I your arms. This time our joining will be controlled by me, and you will revel in the pleasure I can bring you. Throw off the shackles of your distant goddess and come to me. Be my love, truly, in body as well as soul and I will give you the world!
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Nuclear accidents anywhere can affect people everywhere.
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Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
