Joy Fielding Quotes
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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I always struggle auditioning, actually, because I'm so obsessed with era-appropriate clothing.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
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The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie.
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I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't go back and change anything in the past.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
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When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.
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My character in 'OK OK' has a lot of attitude, and it is an interesting one.
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In the summer you want fresh, light and sort of quick things; in winter you want things that are comforting, so your body really tells you you want to go towards potatoes, apples, fennel, things that are warm and comforting. And loin of pork.
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Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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I personally have not spoken to Marvel and have no plans to do a movie in the immediate future because, number one, I'm tied up with 'Somnia,' which is a fantastic place to be. It's exactly where I wanted to be.
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I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.
