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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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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I have a sentimental feeling for my very first cover I was on - it was 'Bazaar' Magazine.
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'Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.'
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You will eat my rear rockets and like it! Ohhhh yeahhh!
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I feel like now my kids can run around and say, 'My mom was the Rock's daughter.' I don't have kids yet, but my future children - I just feel like it's the coolest thing ever.
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The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him.
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A smaller waist is not the solution to all your problems.
