Lionel Shriver Quotes
Overly vigorous investigations of ominously ill-defined 'bullying' can themselves constitute a form of bullying.
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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If I'm in work mode and going to meetings, I'll make an effort and dress up, but when I'm at home or just chilling, I'm in beanies and jeans and sneakers.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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I think all these pop cultural media often reflect conversations we're having in the real world at that moment in time. I think one of the big conversations we're having as a culture is we thought we'd solved sexism and racism, and we're realizing more and more that we haven't.
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I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.
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Even more than dying itself, I'm scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human body as it ages. I think of it as a sort of haunted-house effect, living inside a crumbling, creaking structure that is full of ghosts and will, some day, fall down.
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I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.
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Art was what I originally started out to do and music came second at first. I had a year at art college but I left because it was too much like school. I give all my paintings away to people I like.
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You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are.
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Just like you need to strengthen your core physically with exercise, you also need to strength your core spiritually.
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When I kept a diary, I realised that it was all moanings and depression, and I think that is quite common.
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I drank too much, only champagne.
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I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising.
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My mom was always very, very careful with my mind: what I saw and didn't see.
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I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.
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The thing about going back to El Paso, it's overwhelming sometimes. I look at the support that I get and the success that I've had, and I can't walk anywhere without being spotted. My hair might be the biggest crime in this situation.
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Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that.
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I still love the skinny jeans thing and I wear my favorite leather jacket constantly. I like being kind of a rock star. I love that I can feel comfortable in a small dress or I can feel comfortable wearing a baggy T-shirt.
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While I was obsessed with my own misery, there were other things occurring in the human universe.
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We all have our convictions formed by different things, and mine are informed by my faith, they're informed by the Word of God, and I found that to be an anchor for me, a compass and a guide for me. When people start bullying one another and calling each other names for those different convictions, then I think you get into problems.
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Do not trust the person of spite; though you have loved and tamed them, the snake will bite.
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Overly vigorous investigations of ominously ill-defined 'bullying' can themselves constitute a form of bullying.
