M. J. Rose Quotes
I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.
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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I spent a lot of time over in England wrestling at Butlins holiday camps for Brian Dixon and All Star Wrestling.
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I think because people can't understand our style, they think it's a joke. Our music isn't intellectual - we make music for the common man.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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Steven Spielberg's name was all over 'Poltergeist,' and 'E.T.' was out the same year, which every single parent took their child to. So despite 'Poltergeist' being a horror movie, I convinced my parents to let me see it. It was terrifying. I guess this says a lot about me as a six-year-old, because I loved it.
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I'm a lunatic.
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The dream for many millennial women is to make a difference as social or political entrepreneurs. They are using the social media and marketing tools they have mastered to empower less fortunate women and direct them onto career tracks that women have traditionally avoided, like science and technology.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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I love opportunities to do something I'm not supposed to be able to do. Hell, that's my career.
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I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.
