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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The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.
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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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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
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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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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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Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting.
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I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but that didn't last long. I thought I looked cool at the time. But then you look back and wonder, 'Why did anyone let me out of the house looking like that?'
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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There is no one single solution to eradicate phishing.
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We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'.
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I made it to Oxford, but it is not that I am particularly clever, much more that I am a worker bee.
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When I meet a woman who attracts me, I prefer women,' she said. 'And when I meet a man who attracts me, I prefer men.' 'You mean you haven't made up your mind yet.' 'I mean exactly what I said. I told you you wouldn't like it. Most people who ask want me definitely on one side or the other.
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I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked at and never seen.
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What do you do with people in same-sex relationships that are committed, loving and Christian? Would you rather bless a sheep and a tree, and not them?
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Most of what one feels compelled to write stems from a deep emotional uncertainty.
