Janine di Giovanni Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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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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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
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I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
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I am happy in Paris.
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The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
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I was a very awkward high schooler, especially in early high school.
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What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.
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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
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My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same.
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God's cause is committed to men; God commits Himself to men. Praying men are the vice-regents of God; they do His work and carry out His plans.
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Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
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It can't be bad having a mother who is fulfilled by her work.
