Karina Longworth Quotes
If you look at pictures of David O. Selznick , he wasn't even attractive. There's no way to portray him in a way that is glamorous, but that's one of the things that's fascinating to me about him.
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Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.
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It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed over wherever they conflict with orthodoxy.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.
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I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
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I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
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I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't even figure out the basic 26 letters, let alone operate, in English. I often feel that although I've found the sky of freedom above my head, I've lost the soil I stand on. I need to be back in my motherland, where I can find inspirations.
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It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.
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I wonder if anyone thinks of me when they can’t fall asleep at night.
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People's attitudes about sex aren't healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked.
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If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.
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Nobody sold prints then and prices didn't mean anything. In terms of earning your living, it was a joke.
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Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish.
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Some of the most fascinating scenes in 'Unforgiven,' for me, is that scene with Gene Hackman where he's talking about the Duke of Death that Richard Harris played, and he's basically demolishing this myth of this man very unwesternly – not what you expect in a western.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
