Jane Gardam Quotes
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
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Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always go out and buy stuff. He has his own style and I have my own style, but it's a shared thing. Same thing with my grandfather; he was really into his style, so it's just sort of been passed down, I think.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.
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Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.
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Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.
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If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.
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At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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First we try to preserve ourselves, until we see that we can't. Then we try to preserve our children, until we see we can't. Then we act to preserve our kin, and then our village or tribe, and when we see we can't preserve even them, then we act in order to preserve our memory. And if we can't do that, what is left?
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The two women were alone in the London flat. 'The point is,' said Anna, as her friend came back from the telephone on the landing, 'the point is, that as far as I can see, everything's cracking up.'
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While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.
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I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.
