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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I'm very tech-forward. However, I also think hitting the pause button is not a bad thing, and really connecting with people one-to-one viscerally, having a connection with someone, is really important.
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If it wasn't for the Mark Twain Masquers, I don't know where my life would have gone.
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Everyone's for free markets except when it affects your own business.
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We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.
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It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.
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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.
