Iris Johansen Quotes
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know.
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The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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It's a thriller, it's definitely not a horror film, but it has enough of the elements that also work in horror films like suspense.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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In fairness to Edwards, asking a trial lawyer to name his favorite moral leader is like asking the president of Iran to name his favorite Jew. (Answer: George Soros.) If you're keeping score, that's two major religions the Democrats lack a working knowledge of - Christianity and Islam.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
