Eleanor Catton Quotes
An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.
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I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I take my work seriously.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow.
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For me, there are worse things than being pigeonholed as the nice guy.
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A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart.
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Ours was a never a 'religious' religious home because my parents thought of religion as something you do: it's the way you engage in the local community. That has meant a lot to me.
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An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.
