A. S. Byatt Quotes
Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.
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I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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There's a system in place in Nashville, and for a long time, I was trapped in this idea that the only way to do it was to come to town, get a record deal, and do it the way they say. And that system works. But it caters to a specific kind of artist, and I didn't necessarily fit that mold.
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The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.
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Your executives liking your show makes all the difference in the world. It's the difference between happiness and misery.
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I think trying to be flashy and doing things that are out of your realm of comfort is the problem with the Divas.
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The best reason to abolish it, in my opinion, is that everyone should deal with his time in the best way; there is no good reason why you should get half a minute extra with each move, except that it's a bit easier for the arbiter.
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Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.
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Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.
