A. S. Byatt Quotes
There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
Quotes to Explore
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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A great painting is a great painting.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
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By and large my relations with the US were good.
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The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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I believe that things should be let go once they are discussed. Apology accepted. End of story.
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I should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man – myself – lives in a museum.
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We have to be as militant defending America as the enemies of America are in trying to destroy America.
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It's weird when people come up to me and know stuff about my life. That sort of creeps me out.
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The instinct of the Labour Party is if there's a problem, change the leader, then sit back, fold your arms and wait to be disappointed because they're sure it's not going to deliver.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
