Jim Crace Quotes
When the narrative itself starts knocking on the glassed-in box that was your prescription for how you were going to write this novel... you have to listen to it.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel a freedom when I start running. If I don't train, I feel like everyone else in the Gaza Strip.
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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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I didn't want to just do a show where my character stood out and other characters were flat or one-to-two-dimensional. I wanted everybody to have meat.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.
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I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye.
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He who is contented is rich.
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Every man is his own hell.
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Expectations shouldn't be lowered, even if Donald Trump was just telling stories to impress the crowd around him and never grabbed as many women as he suggested. Lower the bar for what you can talk about, and you lower the bar for what is acceptable behavior.
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And the marvellous rose became crimson, like the rose of the eastern sky. Crimson was the girdle of petals, and crimson as a ruby was the heart.
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Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.
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For me, what fun means is finding novelty in the suffocating familiarity of ordinary life.
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When the narrative itself starts knocking on the glassed-in box that was your prescription for how you were going to write this novel... you have to listen to it.
