Jilly Cooper Quotes
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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There's room for role models who make mistakes.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
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There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.
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Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.
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For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.
