Philomena Kwao Quotes
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I feel very passionately that we need to take care of the planet and everything on it. Whether it's saving the Amazon or just being kind to those around you, we need to take care of each other and Mother Earth.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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If you had to relive your life exactly as it was – same successes and failures, same happiness, same miseries, same mixture of comedy and tragedy – would you want to? Was it worth it?
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I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.
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It's easier to be authentic if you don't say you are authentic.
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It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
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I am always open to a conversation. I am always open to a bipartisan compromise.
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We are all beautiful.
