Barbara Demick Quotes
As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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Well I love preppy style; I like J. Crew for guys.
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I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.
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The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?
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The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.
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And as long as your cats is loyal to what y'all are standing for, and they know how to play the game, it should be no way you can lose. It's about compromising; it's about respecting one another's position, and about going with your heart as far as what you believe in.
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My father, who was jailed for stealing on more than one occasion, just abandoned his fatherly responsibilities and disappeared. I grew up working from the time I was nine years of age. Money was a big issue everywhere I lived.
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As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'.
