Ethel Wilson Quotes
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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I've been working a long time; it was a slow burn. But I'm grateful it's been like that.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.
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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
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Happiness needs one-upmanship.
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The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
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Guys wake up at your place and they expect breakfast. They don't eat bagels and M&M's in the morning. They want things like toast. I say, 'I don't have these recipes.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I wouldn't have known when I was a teenager that when I was coming up to being a sixty-year-old woman that I'd be making music, I'd be recording music, talking about music, and incorporating my views on the world into the music-making. So it's a very rarefied place to be, and I'm very grateful for that.
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How you define a problem shapes how you address it.
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After all meat is meat. I don't understand why so many people are bithing about it. It's very healthy and contains lots of vitamins
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Your power comes from the songs.
