Lionel Shriver Quotes
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Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.
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There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.
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My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.
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I'm somewhat overwhelmed by the microblogging that takes place in China, and the smartphones and all the people that want to take pictures of myself and my family.
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You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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Ferran Adria making hamburgers... some thought it was crazy. But getting them perfect was a challenge. Plus I'm fascinated by all aspects of food.
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Having that college experience and a social life that didn't revolve around Hollywood was absolutely crucial.
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I have to say, I'm still surprised anyone's nice to me, that anyone talks to me. But I think people understand that other people go through things. We're all a bit gonzo, and you're allowed to take a little time to get your head on straight.
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For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.
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A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
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Copyright term extension has a simple but compelling enticement: it is very much in America's economic interests.
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It seems to me I've heard that song before.It's from an old familiar score.I know it well, that melody.
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Who wants to understand the poemMust go to the land of poetry;Who wishes to understand the poetMust go to the poet's land.
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To make myself visible as I am now, when I sense that the cadaver that I occupy is almost worn out or that the organs are no longer working very well, I breathe myself into a young body that has just died.
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My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.
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It was as a mother that I needed my mother back, and I needed to conjure her anew and think about what she would have counselled and what she would have given.
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The Time that Remains is a way of interpreting a certain ambience or emotion. These are the stories that my father told me over the course of fifteen or twenty years. I used to listen to him. From the cowardly part of my character, I'm always in fear of not telling the right story. I'm not interested in making epics.
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Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.
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I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.
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As any traveller knows, heading elsewhere is one thing, getting back quite another.
