Francis Spufford Quotes
If your memory was OK you could descend upon on a bookshop – a big enough one so that the staff wouldn’t hassle a browser – and steal the contents of books by reading them. I drank down 1984 while loitering in the 'O' section of the giant Heffers store in Cambridge. When I was full I carried the slopping vessel of my attention carefully out of the shop.
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. When you work with the best, you have to raise your game. If you're working with people who are sub par, you're not forced to give 100 percent because you can get by on 80 percent.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.
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So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one.
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Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
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I've traveled around the world.
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It is now clear that major irregularities did not occur.
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As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am.
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Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were unbelievable to work with in 'How to Succeed.'
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I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
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If you're going to play human beings, and you're going to play them three-dimensionally, you have to show every side of them.
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A picture is poem without words.
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Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.
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One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled with books, but it's duty reading: books for book research, books for review. The ones I pine for are off on a shelf downstairs.
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Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
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If your memory was OK you could descend upon on a bookshop – a big enough one so that the staff wouldn’t hassle a browser – and steal the contents of books by reading them. I drank down 1984 while loitering in the 'O' section of the giant Heffers store in Cambridge. When I was full I carried the slopping vessel of my attention carefully out of the shop.
