Sebastian Faulks Quotes
The nicest characters in A Week in December research are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.
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When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.
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I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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As the youngest of three girls, most of my childhood works were revenge fantasies against my older sisters, so of course the sisters in 'Pretty Girls' share some similarities to my own.
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The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
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We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism, whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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For me, it's all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi's bought later on.
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I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.
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Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.
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Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.
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Indeed, it is not too much to say that the normal relation of States is war.
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The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense.
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In my work, I want to convince people that I'm that character. If they know everything about Lesley Manville - private life, all of that stuff - it doesn't help. So the kind of anonymity I enjoy is key.
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The nicest characters in A Week in December research are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.
