Pat Barker Quotes
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker
Quotes to Explore
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Los Angeles is a really strange place. I grew up there like a normal kid, but it was not until I experienced other parts of the world that I realized how really and truly bizarre to the core it is - inside the homes of the powerful and damaged.
Dakota Johnson
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Saudi had been a very restricted place. Even on the magazines there, if there was a little leg or cleavage showing, they used to blacken it with a black mark. Me and Ishmeet, so many times, had tried to remove the black portion with our spit, but of course, it would never come out.
Karan Singh Grover
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
N. Murray Edwards
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
Zadie Smith
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Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
Lara St. John
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
Malorie Blackman
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Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.
George H. W. Bush
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Listen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has time for the rock star bullshit. None of the techs backstage care if you're David Bowie or the milkman. When you act like a jerk, they are completely unimpressed with the infantile display that you might think comes with your dubious status. They were there hours before you building the stage, and they will be there hours after you leave tearing it down. They should get your salary, and you should get theirs.
Henry Rollins
Black Flag
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
Gary Vaynerchuk
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I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that.
John Lurie
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker