A. S. Byatt Quotes
There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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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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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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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 feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.
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'Kiss Me.' That's my 'Twilight' tune, a song you'd have on the 'Twilight' soundtrack.
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The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
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We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
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President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
