Jeanette Winterson Quotes
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They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.
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Writing is agony. I hate it.
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'24' is such an iconic show.
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American myths have never been colorless.
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Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.
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The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers.
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Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off.
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I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years.
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I care about how you feel when you're wearing something, because I think that if you feel confident, you look beautiful.
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I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.
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People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is the wrong way of doing it.
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If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
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I want to get off with the screenwriting.
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You don't just leave Los Angeles. Such a departure requires magical intervention. You can't simply purchase a ticket to another destination. You must disappear.
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'T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.'
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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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Within one of her.
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Don't let them tell us stories. Don't let them say of the man sentenced to death 'He is going to pay his debt to society,' but: 'They are going to cut off his head.' It looks like nothing. But it does make a little difference. And then there are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye.
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Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.
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My family is my foundation. My sisters are awesome; they probably taught me everything I ever need to know about girls.
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I don't want to be the mayor of New Jersey.
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I felt implicated in American affairs.Outraged at the blatant lies about Iraqs involvement in al Qaeda, at the regimes arrogance and stupidity, Guantnamo Bay and all the rest of it. But the poems at the start of District and Circle Anahorish 1944, The Aerodromearent particularly aimed as criticism. On the contrary, there's a recognition of the big contribution to world order made in Europe during World War II.
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Tell me a story, Pew.
