Florence Welch Quotes
I'm completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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A novel is not a rant.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
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The latter 1940s and early '50s were a time of tense, explosive conflict, in the world at large and in the politics of our nation.
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I pushed against doing a podcast for so long. I'm a very late comer to the podcast game. But you're responsibility as a comedian is to get your viewpoints out into the world, and we have a lot more avenues to do that. So it's a lot more opportunity, but really have to work all the time.
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Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
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I'm completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music.
