A. S. Byatt Quotes
Do I do as false prophets do and puff air into simulacra? Am I a Sorcerer--like Macbeth's witches--mixing truth and lies in incandescent shapes? Or am I a kind of very minor scribe of a prophetic Book--telling such truth as in me lies, with aid of such fiction as I acknowledge mine, as Prospero acknowledged Caliban.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
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The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give.
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I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
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The way our government handled the Chibok girls case goes beyond an election matter. This is not a one-time issue we discuss over elections. We need to have a deeper conversation about what kind of a nation we want to be.
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From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.
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I was a 200-pound defensive back on Saturday, but after the season, I was performing 'Lysistrata' or 'Fences.'
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My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.
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It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
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I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.
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An author entices the readers with their words, and it is painful for them to even lose a sentence. But films and books are two different mediums and should be dealt differently. What works in a book might not work for a film. When I saw 'Anna Karenina' on screen, I didn't like it at all, whereas 'The Godfather' was legendary.
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No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.
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Sweden rejected fluoridation in the 1970s, and in this excellent book these three scientists have confirmed the wisdom of that decision. Our children have not suffered greater tooth decay, as World Health Organization figures attest, and in turn our citizens have not borne the other hazards fluoride may cause.
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I really love secondhand clothes. It's fun to turn them into something new.
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I have been inundated with offers to move into a career in television or film, and these, too, are tempting.
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Do I do as false prophets do and puff air into simulacra? Am I a Sorcerer--like Macbeth's witches--mixing truth and lies in incandescent shapes? Or am I a kind of very minor scribe of a prophetic Book--telling such truth as in me lies, with aid of such fiction as I acknowledge mine, as Prospero acknowledged Caliban.
