Elfriede Jelinek Quotes
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
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My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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We ourselves hold the instrument that makes us fat. I just shake my head when I see someone eating cake and saying, 'Oh, I wish I wasn't heavy.' But they keep eating the cake!
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I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that.
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I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today.
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I like stripper shoes. I like being tall because I'm claustrophobic.
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Better to wear worn shoes than to polish the boots of shop owner.
