Liz Trotta Quotes
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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The truth is, 'Charlie Hebdo' is not a racist magazine. Rather, it is a campaigning anti-racist left-wing magazine.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I am not a methodical singer. I don't follow any process or rules; what I follow is just my heart - whatever I experience, I just write and then compose it.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.
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We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.
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I love running and I will always run.
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I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
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I think it's not really difficult to write about love. We've been saying the same thing over and over for so many years. But it depends on how honest it is and how good you make it feel. You can say 'I love you' in a trillion ways, and it can always sound different or feel different.
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And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
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How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?
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If you want to conduct terror against Israelis, which is unacceptable, send fighters to do it. Don't send your women and children.
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Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.
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I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.
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Is all the world jails and churches?
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God defend me from that Welsh fairy, Lest he transform me to a piece of cheese!
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I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.
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[On reading:] It is almost the only inexhaustible pleasure.
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Whenever someone is subjected to the control of others, it is essential for them to understand the people in power. In most organizations, workers understand the managers much better than the managers understand the workers.
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I'm intolerant often, especially of incompetence, particularly my own.
