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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I went to look for a used car and found my wife's dress in the back seat.
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I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great.
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If the basic human nature was aggressive, we would have been born with animal claws & huge teeth -- but ours are very short, very pretty, very weak! That means we are not well equipped to be aggressive beings. Even the size of our mouth is very small. So I think the basic nature of human beings should be gentle.
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Bullying can be physical, verbal or emotional. Words and threats are just as painful as fists, especially with social media these days. For those of you who don't know, I was actually bullied as a young boy on one occasion.
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Tumbling-hair picker of buttercups violets dandelions And the big bullying daisies through the field wonderful with eyes a little sorry Another comes also picking flowers
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Overly vigorous investigations of ominously ill-defined 'bullying' can themselves constitute a form of bullying.
