Joe Klein Quotes
What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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It takes heart to be in political life.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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'Big Bang' is unbelievable; I'm blessed, but it's not the only thing in my life.
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I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done.
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I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh, this is exciting,' but after I got home, I looked back and thought, 'That was an incredible experience.' I got to work with some massive names in Hollywood, and I learnt so much, and then it really kind of struck me how life-changing it was.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.
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I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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You know, life is long. My shooting career is long.
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It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.
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When I was young, kids who were more Native American than me would call me 'white boy.' To my white friends, I was 'that Indian kid.'
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Normally we think of play as the opposite of work. Work is the thing you have to do, and then there's play, the thing you choose to do.
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We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.
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What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.
