Jaime Winstone Quotes
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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The people I admire unreservedly are my parents. They are the real pioneers of Africa in many ways. They were born and raised in rural Africa during the colonial period. They are the ones who came to the U.S. long before I did.
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The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.
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With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.'
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For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
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I have absolutely no idea about space exploration. I'm a software guy. But because I'm a non-expert, I've been able to bring the software concept of modularity into the space sector, which was never done before.
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I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.
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Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.
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We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.
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I like a little bit of punk mixed with a little bit of feminine.
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When you model for a show, you get this real sense of adrenaline. It's difficult when the shoes are so high - that part's quite scary - but you just have to do it.
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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
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...when General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as 'a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows', he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American.
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Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things.
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The last weeks have been difficult for Critical Path, but now we have turned the corner with the implementation of a reorganization designed to reduce costs and focus the company on its core products.
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The difference between an icicle and a red-hot poker is really much slighter than the difference between truth and falsehood or sense and nonsense; yet it is much more immediately noticeable and much more universally noticed, because the body is more sensitive than the mind.
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Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.
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As an actress, you have to keep yourself fresh and new.
