Liane Moriarty Quotes
Perhaps nothing was ever “meant to be.” There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit “bendy.
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness.
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I met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet; I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She's sort of become my fairy godmother.
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I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones.
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I knew my successor would be better than me for the next stage of the company's life. And it was a relief - I'd been doing it for 30 years. My only worry was what the hell I was going to do with my time.
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Perhaps nothing was ever “meant to be.” There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit “bendy.
