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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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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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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I'm big on showing people versatility. I'm constantly trying to push myself to break barriers and the idea that we have to stay in one lane.
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I suppose that Paderewski can play superbly, if not quite at his best, while his thoughts wander to the other end of the world, orpossibly busy themselves with a computation of the receipts as he gazes out across the auditorium. I know a great actor, a master technician, can let his thoughts play truant from the scene.
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My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtleAre emblems of deeds that are done in their clime?Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle,Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime!
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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.
