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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Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.
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If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.
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I've had so many people just come up to me and say, 'When you came up on the screen, everybody in the theater applauded.' It's just so sweet, really.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
