Antonya Nelson Quotes
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I love the States and their attitudes about entertainment.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.
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I am a just man.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world.
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Billy Paul's song is hard to beat. I made it my own with a couple of little things, but I wasn't really going to fool with his thing. I ain't crazy.
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I'm at one with Ed Miliband in saying that it's important that people have the right to express their democratic voices and also their deep concerns about climate change because we have a planet in peril.
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Just as food is a craft, great service is, too. It can take years to perfect the technical aspects of clearing a plate, carving tableside, or pouring wine, and a lifetime to master the emotional elements of service.
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Most of what one feels compelled to write stems from a deep emotional uncertainty.
