Philip Kerr Quotes
As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!
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People take things so seriously.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.
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Kylie looked up towards the sky. "Sometimes I just wish Heaven wasn't so far away.
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I understand your anger and outrage, I understand your pain. And yet in the self-interest of Gujarat, and to ensure that we don’t jeopardize the future of Gujarat, that Gujarat doesn’t get a blot on its face or carry a stigma connected with these times all the 5 crore Gujaratis need to keep calm and exercise self-restraint.
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I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that time with my family and not grow up too quickly.
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My first series, I wouldn't even know where to get a clip of it. It was called 'Cracking Up.' It was on 'FOX' in 2004.
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I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.
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As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise.
