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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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
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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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This is the game. We win some, we lose some but I will never shy away from a challenge.
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All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.
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I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out.
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You're all alone when you're a writer. Sometimes you just feel you need a humanity bath. Even a ride on the subway will do that. But it's much more interesting to talk about books. After all, that's what life used to be for writers: they talk books, politics, history, America. Nothing has replaced that.
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Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscape, and I have an elegiac tone in most of my books.
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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.
