Andrew O'Hagan Quotes
The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable - nor contrary to the teachings of Islam - to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them... namely, their face.
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I believe... we were told that the 'Bluetooth AirPods', whatever they are, can be used on anything that supports Bluetooth audio.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
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If I'm not tasting wine and food... I'm thinking about wine and food. If I'm not thinking about wine and food... I'm writing about wine and food.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. That's how my band made it. We swam through a lot of shit together, we swallowed a lot of pride, but we managed to do what we needed to do.
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The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.
