Rachel Cusk Quotes
Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.

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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.
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Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.
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As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people.
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It's so easy to get caught up in the demands of life. And we all take refuge at times in routines and recliners and 'usual' anything!
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Having children has been one of the biggest things that has happened to me in my life.
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Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.