Pat Barker Quotes
When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
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What I have found most surprising is the amount of damage we have done to environment in the course of my lifetime - not even five and a half decades.
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It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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I don't like attacking.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.
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Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists.
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Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!
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Women are more complicated communicators than men, who have a tendency to pronounce and bloviate, and that makes for better writing in talky work.
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When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
