Jeanette Winterson Quotes
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My mom teaches sixth grade and also taught first grade at one point. She's into dressing up and costumes and designing her own curriculum that way. She stayed home for about eight years with me and my sister when we were young before going back to teaching, so we had a lot of time with her. She taught us to read really early.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology.
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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
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The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
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My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.
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Life's too short not to have fun with what you wear.
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I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
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The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.
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Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.
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For decades, we resisted violence - until Sharpeville.
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If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out.
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Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.
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I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.
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There's backlash about everything I do.
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It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
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I think Steve Jobs is my idol.
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Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
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(Roberto) Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania.
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Technology gets a bad rap for keeping us glued to our screens instead of being present with whomever is around us, and while this can be true, it also allows us to connect with billions of people all over the world. For free.
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I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
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The fans are so supportive. It's amazing when you work on something for so long and find that your fans match your passion - and in many cases exceed it. That's really gratifying.
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Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.
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He smiled.
