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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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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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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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
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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.
