Fay Weldon Quotes
One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
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One thing that the audience, and perhaps critics, aren't aware of is that, especially in a film like 'Moonlight,' you always shoot a lot more footage than makes the cut of the film.
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But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.
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Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.
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Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
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When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.
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I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I've only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind.
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The Indian business has largely grown on the back of exports. The domestic markets, as far as our Indian business is concerned, actually have contracted because of the contraction in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle space.
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I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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I always liked movies like 'American Graffiti' and 'Gregory's Girl.' 'Gregory's Girl' is particularly perfect because it really captures that summer holiday bubble of teenage utopia. Even though it's got a happy ending, there's a feeling that these characters may never see each other again.
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The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.
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I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.
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I'm so bored by business and money.
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Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.
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The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.
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While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
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I was so enchanted with the open possibilities and the power of being able to choose my part. Who was the child now? I decided I’d be a Japanese businessman because it would be less predictable. Even when I was alone, I was so filled with excitement and laughter at the thought of my task. This was joyful children’s play!
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I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.
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One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods.
