E. M. Forster Quotes
Axiom: Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Do you know what a showmance is? It is like being at a summer camp when you're a teenager. You spend summertime away from your home. When you spend three months very closely with someone at a particular place, it is like a summer love. You have no choice but to get involved with that person.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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It's kinda all about image.
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Definitely, I think I fulfill a very funny Indian stereotype because I love technology. It's something I've always been interested in.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.
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All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.
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When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to stay in that character and see the world the way that character would It's almost like method acting in a way — keeping the character close the way the actor keeps a script close and always tries to be in character.
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I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel.
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You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.
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Axiom: Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.
