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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At Uniqlo, we're thinking ahead. We're thinking about how to create new, innovative products... and sell that to everyone.
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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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We just make music. For I never stop working.
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He John Ruskin knows a great deal more about my pictures than I do; he puts things into my head, and points out meanings in them that I never intended.
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You can say a lot of things about me, but you can never say I don't take risks.
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Everyone who knew me as a child, they say they're not surprised that I became a writer because I wrote all the time. I don't remember writing, because I wouldn't have had the tools, but I think what they are saying is that I would pretend I was a writer.
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The most obvious difference between writing novels and memoirs is that my memoirs are true stories, and explore certain experiences I've lived, and thus operate within the boundaries of memory and fact.
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Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.
