Jeanette Winterson Quotes
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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People say, 'Oh you're so good, and you're so young!' It's like, 'No. I'm good. Period!'
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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The natural does not have to be a specific representation. I am now working on a thing which is a reconstruction of a starry sky, yet I make it, nevertheless, without a given in nature.
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When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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When writing sex scenes, there is often no pleasing anyone, except perhaps the writer herself.
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Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.
