Tracy Chevalier Quotes
I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.
Quotes to Explore
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When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either.
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Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?
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I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.
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I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.
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The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it's really unpleasant.
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Aimer, c'est agir
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Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown; O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
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The N.B.A. is not an easy job. As you get older, you play this game for 82 games a year, and you play 11 or 12 years, your body tends to break down.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.
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One of the uncertain pleasures of adulthood, for me, has really been about confronting how little I know about the world and how much completely baffles me about the world and human behavior.
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We've all been broken at some point. Forgiving ourselves or another person helps us move forward.
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I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.
