Lisa Jewell Quotes
There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the curtains in a dark room, and everyone's looking at you.
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I don't think I'm as educated as Whoopi, so I'm lifting myself to her level. But you know, our view of the world, our view of what we can do, our sense of what it means to be here, are similar.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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Anytime I listen to my gut and I don't do something, or I do, it always tends to work out in my favor.
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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The good romances are as good as anything.
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If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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We are not fighting for slavery. We are fighting for independence - and that, or extermination, we will have.
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When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home.
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A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it.
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I think it's great that the discussions are finally being allowed to be had about feminism, as opposed to anybody mentioning feminism and everybody going, 'Oh, fucking shut up.' Somehow, feminism became a dirty word. I thought it was really weird for a long time, and I think it's great that we're coming out of that
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I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country.
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There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the curtains in a dark room, and everyone's looking at you.
