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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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man.
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Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.
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Russia and China, which have embraced autocratic capitalism, have attracted admirers and emulators by the seeming success of their strongman rule.
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'.
