Nadine Gordimer Quotes
It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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I'm lucky that I do something I love, and I am proud, as I think it's a positive message to give to young women: if you want to have a career and be married with children, then you can. It's full-on, but it's doable.
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All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.
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When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
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I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell.
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I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?
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It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.
