Cecelia Ahern Quotes
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Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.
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'Holes' was my favorite book ever. So you know when you love a book and you hear it's being made into a movie and it makes you a little annoyed at first? But I would've loved to play the Shia LaBeouf role in that movie when I was younger. I just wanted to be the rebellious kid on the old digging camp.
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
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I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.
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We want you to pay attention.
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It's really easy with makeup to look like you're trying too hard, like a clown. That's not what you want!
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I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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I may look like a laid-back Hawaiian, but I'm 240 pounds, and when I'm walking around that kitchen, you don't want to get in my way.
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I used to want to be in 'Downton' because I had never been in a period drama, but then I did 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' and had to wear one of those frocks and... I didn't feel very comfortable.
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I want to do a make-up line for men.
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We do not want to alienate supporters.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I've always wanted to do an adult cartoon, because I want a job where you can just drive up in your pajamas, have a cup of tea and not even get dressed, and you've gone to work for the day. What a great gig!
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I believe in God and not religion, because I believe religion is the double cross. Because I've been double crossed by three religions, so I think I can safely say that religion - there is maybe something wrong with religion. Every temple that's put up may not be a holy one, so watch out.
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Freedom of being alone is intoxicating.
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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
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I always want my books to reach a positive point in the end.
