Joanne Harris Quotes
I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
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I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, I'm aware of how the subconscious things can pluck at a reader's emotions, and I love it when filmmakers do the same.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
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In New Hampshire, we know that small businesses and entrepreneurs are the engines of economic growth in the 21st-century economy, and our state has long been defined by the entrepreneurial spirit of our people.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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If anybody is interested in listening to good modern music, I would recommend Jim Fassett, 'Symphony of the Birds.' It's really beautiful... with real birds.
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What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.
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If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I love entertaining people, being a showman. I loved the atmosphere on the terraces when I set off on a dribble.
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I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
