Paula Hawkins Quotes
When I'm writing, I don't read much crime at all - you don't want to get distracted by other people's plots.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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I was an expert horseman.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.
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'You can’t, can’t be, where I,I be Follow me and you’ll see and you’ll see.'
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My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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And my life for the first - you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s, I had my career, and I traveled the world, I lived out of a suitcase. I stayed up until dawn. I did all of those things that were very exciting.
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I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had a big linen-supply business and I considered working for him. What dawned on me was: 'If I'm an actor, I get to do the fun parts of every job!' Without having to go to four years of law school.
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When I'm writing, I don't read much crime at all - you don't want to get distracted by other people's plots.
