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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Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.
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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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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit.
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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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It just works better for me to discriminate between which thoughts are mine and which come from elsewhere, before I even talk about them or express them - it helps to keep me focused on my path.
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A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or 5, and sometimes I work on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Pretty much I keep the same hours as an accountant or clerk or whatever.
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Mortals, while through the world you go, Hope may succor and faith befriend, Yet happy your hearts if you can but know, Love awaits at the journey's end!
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A smaller waist is not the solution to all your problems.
