Jeanette Winterson Quotes
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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One should eat everything especially healthy and not junk food. I don't like the idea of starving. I would eat and burn it out in gym. The amount of intake is what matters.
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Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
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I listen to older music like AC/DC.
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You’re not as cold as you pretend to be,’ she said. ‘I think your doors open in different places, that’s all. Most people just don’t know how to get in to you. They knock and they knock where the door is supposed to be, but it’s a blank wall. But you’re there. I’ve watched you. I’ve seen you do some awfully cold things warmly and some warm things coldly. Or does that make sense?
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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In the center of all rests the sun. For who would place this lamp of a very beautiful temple in another or better place that this wherefrom it can illuminate everything at the same time? As a matter of fact, not unhappily do some call it the lantern; others, the mind and still others, the pilot of the world. Trismegistus calls it a "visible God"; Sophocles' Electra, "that which gazes upon all things." And so the sun, as if resting on a kingly throne, governs the family of stars which wheel around.
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The revolution will be televised.
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I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.
