A. S. Byatt Quotes
On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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Jim Bakker. He's lost everything, he's ruined. And the worst thing of all he still has to wake up to her!
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When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.
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Each night the moon kisses secretly the lover who counts the stars
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On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
