Jeanette Winterson Quotes
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We never see ourselves as others see us.
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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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An event of colossal and overwhelming significance may happen all at once, but the words which describe it have to come one by one in a long chain.
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She hoped the examination would not take too long because she had to take Patty to her art class, shop for tonight’s dinner, and fix the hem of Patty’s new dress for her sixth birthday party next week.
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I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.
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I want to be free to be any version of me I feel like being. I don't want to be McDonald's that serves the same food every time.
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My English is good because I have a good ear.
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It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.
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Tell me a story, Pew.
