Penelope Lively Quotes
The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.
Quotes to Explore
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
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I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?
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Me mum used to always have the radio on – even now she has it on in every room. Me girlfriend sort of blames that reason for me not doing that well at school – constant noise, really.
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There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
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My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
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I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.
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I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.
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Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for example, can be cleaned up, altered, trimmed, improved. Life, on the other hand, is one big messy rough draft.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.
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It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.
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She had to be a very strong woman to support her husband through all those ups and downs.
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That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: 'Use your eyes!' Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.
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You're lucky enough in television to always be at it, to always be doing it. It's like you're constantly that person, always, all the time. It gets to be like clockwork.
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What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness!
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The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.
