Lionel Shriver Quotes
Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her mother is one.
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I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.
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I came down successfully through Picasso and Braque, down through Pollock, I guess, but I began to stop at Franz Kline and the Abstractionists. I like their design, brilliant design, marvelous color layers. But I don't find any human content there. I'm from an old school, and painting has to have human content for me.
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
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You have to trust that the script is right and be comfortable with everything, and then you just have to go for it and disregard anything you've previously heard or felt about it.
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I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense.
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Wonder Woman, she's amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She's all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she's a whole lot of woman.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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I am about as detailed as a shadow.
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The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.
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Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society.
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The toughest challenges I've faced are the deaths of my mother and Stephen Gately.
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Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her mother is one.
