Lionel Shriver Quotes
Weight having become politicised, anyone with a profile in the media who either subscribes to or departs from the template of tininess implicitly represents a constituency, whether they want to or not.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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I have been a long-term environmental advocate for the agriculture industry. I have particularly tried to push carbon farming or carbon sequestration.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.
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So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.
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I am fortunate to have only worn one shirt in my career. It is something that is fundamental to me. It is something I have always wanted: to be one of these few who wear only one shirt - a fan and a player of the same team.
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With police wielding unprecedented powers to invade privacy, tap phones and conduct searches seemingly at random, our civil liberties are in a very precarious condition.
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I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love.
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Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.
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I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.
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I guess I'm just a frustrated cowboy.
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Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.
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I don't know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything.
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Deciding to not attach ourselves to something that doesn't appropriately represent us is extremely powerful.
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Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don't need sun holidays or that kind of thing.
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The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.
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That you can look back fondly or even wistfully on pieces of your life and hound yourself with endless what-ifs, but nothing will change. The present will still be the present. The future will still unfold as it's meant to.
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Weight having become politicised, anyone with a profile in the media who either subscribes to or departs from the template of tininess implicitly represents a constituency, whether they want to or not.
