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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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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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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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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Isn't that why people keep diaries - to be read by someone else? Why would they keep them otherwise?
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What people think and believe and plan are all very important, but what they do is the thing that counts most.
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The Constitution I uphold and defend is the one I carry in my pocket all the time, the U.S. Constitution. I don't know what Constitution that other members of Congress uphold, but it's not this one. I think the only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution, not this one.
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology.
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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.
