Penelope Lively Quotes
I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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When I was single, I was down to $100 of power a year.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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As you would expect when individualism is based only on opportunity, no one asks what happens to those who have neither the financial nor the political clout to exercise their tiny portion of that opportunity.
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The computer has played a role in destroying creativity with the Photoshop. Everybody thinks they're a designer.
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Owning a bookstore was right up there with acting in life goals, but other than swaggering around the store, I'm not much use.
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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.
