Paula Hawkins Quotes
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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A different language is a different vision of life.
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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.
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I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.
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I remember being in strong physics, physiology and biology classes.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.
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When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
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I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.
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The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book, in a way that is unique and special to each person who reads it.
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I think the most important thing for your life is the way you interpret things. Having an optimistic point of view is so important - your life will be so bright.
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Whether homemade granola or Matt's Munchies, I'm always snacking!
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If her functioning as a female is not enough to define woman, if we decline also to explain her through "the eternal feminine," and if nevertheless we admit, provisionally, that women do exist, then we must face the question: what is a woman?
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At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.
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New York has made me so paranoid, too. Whenever I visit another city, I always act like I'm from there, so the cab driver doesn't rip me off. I'm always like, "Yeah, it's good to be back home. Back here where I grew up. Yeah. Here in Tokyo. ... Uh, driver, I need to go to my old stomping grounds. That would be the Holiday Inn. And the address appears to be the pound sign."
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I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.
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I realized I do tragedy better than comedy.
