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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Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job.
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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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Education must be increasingly concerned about the fullest development of all children and youth, and it will be the responsibility of the schools to seek learning conditions which will enable each individual to reach the highest level of learning possible.
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The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'
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The original Golden Dawn was not always as serious as it should have been. Mathers was a clown, and Yeats was just a romantic trying to deceive himself. Most of them were interested in personal power, and it ended up by destroying them. The aim of our group is the scientific exploration of the hidden powers of the human mind.
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I've made upwards of a million bucks in the cops-and-robbers business.
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Your power comes from the songs.
