Lionel Shriver Quotes
A manuscript under way always gave me something to do; only while enduring the aimlessness between books was I truly glum.
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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I don't work out or watch what I eat – but I need to start so it doesn't catch up to me.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.
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Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're with an individual who isn't moving in the same direction and at the same rate that you are, it ain't going to work.
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People who prepare false or fraudulent tax returns risk criminal prosecution and, upon conviction, substantial time in jail.
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I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.
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Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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You just have to be very humble if America has really worked for you like it has for me. Most of my friends are poor. Most of my siblings are poor. I see how hard it is just to get money unless you've got some incredible luck or work incredibly hard. I want everyone to do well. I wish 'Wayne's World' money on you!
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My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.
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Nobody ever told me, 'Art is this.' This was good luck in a way because I would have had to spend half of my life forgetting everything that I had been told, which is what happens with most students in schools of fine arts.
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Make portraits of people in familiar and typical positions, above all give their faces the same choice of expression one gives their bodies. Thus if laughter is typical for a person, make him laugh – there are, naturally, feelings that one cannot render…
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When we lack the ability to talk back to entities that are culturally and politically powerful, the very foundations of free speech and democratic society are called into question.
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In the third grade a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that’s where I belonged.
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I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis.
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I don't watch something just because it's a specific genre.
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As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.
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That's the way most everyone gets here. It's really quite simple: every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not. It's such an easy trip to make that I've been here hundreds of times.
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The only weights I lift are my dogs.
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A manuscript under way always gave me something to do; only while enduring the aimlessness between books was I truly glum.
