Jez Butterworth Quotes
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I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.
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Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
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I always got my work done before playing.
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It was an odd coincidence that my career took off the same decade as having babies. I often wished it had been different, that I had my big career bump in my thirties and my babies in my forties or vice versa.
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No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate to me. He may censure me freely and without reserve; but he should remember that I am to act by my deliberation and not his. I ought to exercise my talents for the benefit of others; but that exercise must be the fruit of my own conviction; no man must attempt to press me into the service.
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I record a podcast, 'Shondaland Revealed,' every week while we are shooting.
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I love Stewart Lee's 'Comedy Vehicle' on BBC2. The guy is a genius.
