Jeanette Winterson Quotes
I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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Frankly, I don't understand the monthly magazines that continue to publish news that is two months old and which has already been reported on ad nauseam online, including on their own websites.
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The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.
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He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others:So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
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It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.
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A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts.
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Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop artist on a hip-hop song - there are so many different things that are going on today. That is the same way in which we live our lives; we're all over the place. I like to try different things.
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I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.
