A. S. Byatt Quotes

I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.

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• Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.

  

  Karolina Kurkova
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• If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

  

  Jack Adams
  • Free
  • You
  • Advice

• I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
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  • Creative
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• I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.'

  

  Olivia Colman
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• I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.

  

  Nathalie Emmanuel
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• No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.

  

  Walter Cronkite
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• Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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  • Gratitude
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• I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.

  

  Frances Farmer
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  • Heaven

• When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

  

  B. F. Skinner
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• I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.

  

  Rand Paul
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• I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

  

  Walter Mosley
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• The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.

  

  Carlos Castaneda
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• The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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• Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

  

  Larry Page
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• It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

  

  Abbe Pierre
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• I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.

  

  Cameron Diaz
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• I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

  

  Sam Elliott
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• I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.

  

  Rachel Nichols
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• Once born into childlike faith, brimming with belief, typical people begin to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget who they were; they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they don’t want to go back, because they’re comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.

  

  Ted Dekker
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  • World

• It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
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  • Women

• Self - development should be a perpetual process. In life you are either growing or rotting. You're moving forward or backwards; there is no standing still.

  

  Al Duncan
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  • Rotting
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• When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.

  

  Barbara Boxer
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• Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

  

  Dan Farmer
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• I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.

  

  A. S. Byatt
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