Caprice Bourret Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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If someone put a camera in my face now, when I am in student mode, I would get embarrassed, but when I am modelling, I play characters.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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Books are still my favorite present.
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Don't make a whole to-do about it. Don't get down on yourself be- cause you're not an expert rower; don't start reading too many books in order to do it right.
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I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
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Microcredit is about giving hope.
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You have to know your strengths and tell yourself you're the best.
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
