A. S. Byatt Quotes
In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts.
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Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.
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Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.
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I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.
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In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain.
