Joyce DeWitt Quotes
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.
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Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.
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I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
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I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent.
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The gimmicky thing I'm not very keen on.
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I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it's got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.
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When I was a kid, I loved 'Little Women.'
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This is a great continent. I went to primary school on this continent, secondary school, university. I've worked on this continent, and I think that it's a great disservice that, for whatever reason, people have usurped an imagery of Africa that is absolutely incorrect.
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Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.
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Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
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The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness.
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People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.
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The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.
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The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"
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The momentum carried us out of the church and into the streets where true Christianity belongs.
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.
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The only way to bury the past is to build tomorrow on top of it.
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The diversity of web browsers tomorrow will match the diversity of ink browsers (aka paper) today.
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I'm happy about who and what I am - and I can't wait to find out who I'll be tomorrow.
