Joanne Harris Quotes
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.
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I believe when I leave this earth, because I love the Lord, I am going straight to Heaven.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.
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I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
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I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.
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You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.
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We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.
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The Welsh have everywhere adopted the Cymric tongue; they hug themselves in the belief that they are pure descendants of the ancient Britons, but in fact, they are rather Silurians than Celts.
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You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you have investors to satisfy. Investors who want - who demand - a return.
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Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.
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Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
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I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.
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My innovation message, specifically including energy, happened to be the same week that on Monday and Tuesday I announced the Breakthrough Energy Venture Group. Then on that Tuesday afternoon, in December, was when I sat down with him. I explained the US has great science here, this is where the market for these things is going to be. It connects to less pollution, it connects to U.S. jobs, it connects to security, not needing the energy coming from far away.
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The more film festivals, theatrical shows, and music performances and visual arts we have, the less chances there are for war. Art is hope, and it is found in hope, and that's why we need to share our experiences and cherish art.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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My uncle is from Trinidad, so, ever since I was 7, I grew up listening to Soca, the genre that's from there. It's my favorite sound.
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Musicians are like politicians. They're the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running things.
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Online communities are an expression of loneliness.
