Jeanette Winterson Quotes
The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.
Quotes to Explore
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
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Writers are so important.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want to know why some things worked and why others did not. My interest took me to culinary school.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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People's creativity is very much alive, but when they get paid for their creativity, they often experience that as rather meaningless. Money as the reward for their creative process is very one-dimensional, a tremendous comedown.
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I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be.
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I love 'The Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook' by Dione Lucas. A huge source of information and inspiration. The book is organized by menu, and the recipes are unusual and exciting.
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I am not a picture guy. I like to live in the present and keep the image of the past vivid in my mind. I don't need the precision of the picture.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.
