D. H. Lawrence Quotes
The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So America.... The moment the last nuclei of Red [Indian] life break up in America, then the white men will have to reckon with the full force of the demon of the continent.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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Actors, after all, dream.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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I don't actually have to think very hard when I'm writing. I mean, there are times where it's a task, and you have to plug away and plug away. But then there are times when a song writes itself in 15 minutes, and you're just struggling to keep up with it.
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I must end it. There is no hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision totally.
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All cities are impressive in their way, because they represent the aspiration of men to lead a common life; those people who wish to live agreeable lives, and in constant intercourse with one another, will build a city as beautiful as Paris.
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I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.
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The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.
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The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So America.... The moment the last nuclei of Red [Indian] life break up in America, then the white men will have to reckon with the full force of the demon of the continent.
