Jeanette Winterson Quotes
Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle.
Quotes to Explore
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.
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Time is valuable; people are busy.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.
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I love running and I will always run.
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I attended college in prison. I was in jail, so there ain't no going to no classes. They have programs in certain facilities where you can earn good time, and then you get time taken off your sentence. But as far as going to classes, it's not like that. You study, and then an administrator gives you a test. I got a Master's in psychology.
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Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it.
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When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.
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You know, a lot of actors I think go into acting for therapy from whatever trauma has affected them as children. But for me, I think I sought out the drama. That's why I like doing what I do.
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All four of the actors in 'You're the Worst,' we all have strong theater backgrounds. We all play off of each other in that way that you would in theater. You kind of are up for anything out of the blue happening and getting it on film, you know? We're all just open to playing.
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Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle.
