Penelope Lively Quotes
The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.
Quotes to Explore
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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What feels most productive to me isn't to think so much in terms of how I can be alternative, but how I can be subversive in a way that feels organic, how I can connect with people, and how I can just be myself, which may be the hardest thing to be.
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Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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No company fails in communist China, because they're all partly owned by the government.
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I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.
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Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its trackless ways.
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Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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Every now and then I get angry, but fortunately, when I do, it's like watching a little dog try to attack something - it's something I'm not very good at.
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The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard.
