Fay Weldon Quotes
The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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I always make my favorite pancakes with milk, and I also add some fruit - like a banana or apple with some cinnamon sprinkled on top. I also sometimes put peanut butter on my pancakes!
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I have now so many fundamental thoughts, so many really metaphysical things to say, that I suddenly get tired and decide not to write more, not to think more, but allow the fever of saying to make me sleepy, and fondle, with closed eyes, as if to a cat, all that I could have said.
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When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
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Unfortunately, there's still a lot of beginning writers who think you can just write your first draft and hand it in.
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I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of words and actions of this type being very painful.
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Love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
