Lionel Shriver Quotes
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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We haven't even begun to see just how many transactions are going to take place online.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Never let the negativity get to you. There are gonna be a lot of people you have to plow through, but as long you believe in yourself, that's all that matters.
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We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism.
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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.
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It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!
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When you are in an unpleasant environment that makes you feel uncomfortable, one of the key ways to improve that situation is through design. That's why I think it is so important to help develop and showcase young designers, as they are our future.
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Twitter needs to become more of a platform on the web. If Twitter went away today, people would just turn to Facebook. If Facebook went away, people would start screaming - it's so universal.
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.
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The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.
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This is a comment on fear. Today it's like 'They're going to bomb the New York subway and there's the avian flu and 50 million of us are going to die.' We wanted to make fun of that fear-based culture we've been plunged into. And Halloweens the perfect metaphor for fear.
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A smaller waist is not the solution to all your problems.