Orhan Pamuk Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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I'm 43 now. I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of course, I do. I'm an actress. I'm totally insecure, but I'm trying to stick to my guns about what is important to me, and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks I should or shouldn't do.
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I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
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I have a dear friend here in Toronto, Sarah Millman, who has helped me a lot as a stylist.
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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
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The quickest way may not necessarily be the best.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
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My mother taught me to read.
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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
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Coffee is a language in itself.
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The only way I hear gossip is if it's big enough and loud enough for my friends to bring it up to me. Or if it's, like, a big untrue ordeal from my publicist – and she hates making that phone call!
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Gospel music always relaxes me and calms my nerves.
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I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.
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This is such a pivotal moment in my life! I'm transitioning as a woman, and I'm finally able to express myself as I am.
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I make music because of the love and joy of it and I try to make music to take you to a feel-good place and remind you that maybe there's a brighter day.
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You heard of hell, well I was sent from it.
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The bond that attaches us to the life outside ourselves is the same bond that holds us to our own life.
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Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it.
