Lesley Lawson (Twiggy) Quotes
I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.
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Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.
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If anything, game development is even more of a team effort than making a movie, so for individuals to get credit for making a game is absolutely insane.
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When something irritates me, I don't go home and write; I just don't do that.
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I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.
