Rose Tremain Quotes
In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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Cosmic terror appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races and is crystallised in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred writings.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet.
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Video games and YouTube.com are creatively booming, even though Web design, as demonstrated by the ugly clutter of most major news sites, is in the pits.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'
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Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.
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You want to play for a guy who's going to be there for you. He's going to lead you. He's going to inspire you. Someone that the guys in the locker room can really rally around.
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You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
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There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.
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People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
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Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?
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People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.
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Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.
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In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.
