Gail Godwin Quotes
What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust?
Quotes to Explore
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
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Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn't write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.
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I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
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If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors.
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Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that doing long-term good is valuable.
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Virtue hath no tongue to check vice's pride.
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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
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Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth.
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Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.
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What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust?
