A. S. Byatt Quotes
You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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That's my style of fighting. I am throwing down, you know? Having fun. And that's my approach to life.
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I believe that in music and in a lot of things it's kind of like surfing, you can have a really big wave sometimes and then you can have a smaller wave.
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I loved the world of roller derby because I thought it was such an empowering metaphor, that you get out there and do it. It's such a rocker, athletic, capable, cool exhibitionist sport; it's about this great sort of camaraderie.
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The flesh is at the heart of the world.
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With 'GoldenEye,' the franchise got locked into this legal fight. They couldn't make new Bond movies for about seven years. It was my first huge production. I figured if I did at least a yeoman-like job, it would be greeted as a complete revival of the series.
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You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.
