Jim Crace Quotes
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
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Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.
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Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
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The S.B.A. does not lend directly to businesses, but instead backs loans to encourage banks to invest in small businesses as part of a nearly $90 billion portfolio.
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Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
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I love good food. I'm an epicurean, that's for sure... But I am not really a good cook.
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I hate to cook and love to eat.
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I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.
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With the way that the times are, we're all looking for a little fantasy... Fantasy is such an important part of my fashion...
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God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.
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When knowledge becomes rigid, it stops living.
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The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals.
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Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it.
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[Final diary entry:] Occupation is essential. And now with some pleasure I find that it's seven; and must cook dinner. Haddock and sausage meat. I think it is true that one gains a certain hold on sausage and haddock by writing them down.
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My job apart from anything else is to build an ensemble composed of actors who all come from a secure place so that they can all work together to make the film.
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I come from a food family, so you would think that I would be great at making baked beans or something, but I'm not.
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Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.
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I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.
