Malcolm Lowry Quotes
But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.
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We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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I never lie to my fans.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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A song in a musical works best when a character has to sing - when words won't do the trick anymore. The same idea applies to a long speech in a play or a movie or on television. You want to force the character out of a conversational pattern.
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then.
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I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.
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God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. True surrender is a matter of being 'united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death' (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him. And after you surrender--then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.
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Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.
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When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.
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But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.
