Gail Honeyman Quotes
If you break things down to goodies and baddies, the baddies are always a bit more alluring in fiction, and that's true from a narrative point of view. But I wanted to write a novel about real life, and real life is a bit more nuanced than that.Gail Honeyman
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
R. D. Laing -
I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
Gary Johnson -
When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
Iris Chang -
The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
Kapil Sibal -
I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
Patricia Clarkson -
A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
Karen Gillan -
Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
Kate Thompson -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
T. J. Miller -
During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
Iqbal Quadir
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I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role.
Natalie Martinez -
Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
Pankaj Mishra -
Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
Ralph Ransom -
Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
Aaron Swartz -
I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
J. B. Smoove -
I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
Gary Lineker
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Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.
Anselm of Canterbury -
I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.
Walt Disney -
I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career.
Sally Kellerman -
I find that using real people as models keeps me from getting too formulaic in the designs of characters.
George Perez -
I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.
Jack Youngblood -
If you break things down to goodies and baddies, the baddies are always a bit more alluring in fiction, and that's true from a narrative point of view. But I wanted to write a novel about real life, and real life is a bit more nuanced than that.
Gail Honeyman