Kate Bernheimer Quotes
People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I like to see people enjoy using my product. This is the mission of an engineer.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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We encourage the growth of women's hockey.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.
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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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There are some societies where women are not even allowed to drive a car, and that restriction is based in the name of religion and tradition. There are other countries where a woman can be punished if she does not cover her head.
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There are writers, and I know some of them, who are very disciplined. Who write, like, four pages a day, every day. And it doesn't matter if their dog got run over by a car that day, or they won the Irish sweepstakes. I'm not one of those writers.
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People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.
