P. D. James Quotes
Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.
Quotes to Explore
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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In America the government took the land from the Indians and then established laws protecting private property.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!
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Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.
