Lionel Shriver Quotes
I'm not a religious person. Chances are that the universe neither treasures nor regrets us.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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It's a comforting thought to know that I've got my partner by my side walking through life and all the ups and the downs. I know we can handle it. There's nothing too big or too crazy that's going to tear us apart.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.
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You have to understand that I'm not just some guy who voices characters in animated movie and TV shows.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
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It takes practice to shave the skin off the light.
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I love playing three, four times a week. That's what I've always wanted to do. In college we played Friday, Saturday, then had the whole week to think about it.
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The feathery palms that lined the drainage canals, the acacia thorns and sycamores, all glistened with the sheen of new, pale-green leaves, and in Khaemwaset’s gardens the vivid clusters of flowers had begun to bloom with an abandon that assaulted the eyes and filled the nostrils with delight.
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I'm open-minded.
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When you fell in the sea, you should have heard them cheer. I made them rope the yard and fish you up. I said a ducking in water washes the witch-skill out of a woman until next full moon, and it would be bad luck to let you drown. How about that for a clever story? They’d believe anything if you make it sound silly enough.
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I'm not a religious person. Chances are that the universe neither treasures nor regrets us.
