Nadine Gordimer Quotes
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To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.
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What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.
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No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.
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I like to look strong and commanding.
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Men treat men differently than they would a woman.
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I did not realise that I was so loved. It can't just be for the films. I must have done something else, but I can't remember what.
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Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.
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As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry.
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When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.
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But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!
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When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.
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'A liar sees lies,' said Taleswapper. 'Even when they aren’t there. Just as a hypocrite sees hypocrites whenever he runs across good people. Can’t stand to think that anyone might really be what you only pretend to be.'
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The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.
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I shall never write an autobiography, I'm much too jealous of my privacy for that.
