Isabel Gillies Quotes
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
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Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.
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Oh, things are frequently what they seem,And this is wisdom's crown:Only the game fish swims upstream,But the sensible fish swims down.
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Basketball was every day of my life. Wake up with a ball - sometimes I'd sleep with it because someone told me that was better for you.
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I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.
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Gazing at the rain, I consider what it means to belong, to become part of something. To have someone cry for me.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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To design is to plan, to order, to relate, and to control. In short, it opposes all means of disorder and accident.
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Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in 1979 to hide an ungracious parking garage at Santa Monica Place, is resurrected for Eisenhower to screen the equally graceless facade of the Department of Education.
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Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.
