Elisabeth Rohm Quotes
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I do not like violence.
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The thing about Drew Goddard and Mike Schur is that they are legit geniuses, and they love storytelling. They love creating worlds, love messing with the audience; they love doing things that we don't expect. To get to be a part of that is too good to be true.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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I just want to have a nice, happy life.
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For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's friend.
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Bowie is my dad's stage name, so I was never, ever called Zowie Bowie. The tabloids liked that because it rhymed.
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The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade.
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I worked as a carpenter for a few years. I began writing. I wrote a book about my time in Africa - that came out in 1988 - called 'The Village of Waiting.'
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I needed to move, but I haven't had the time to find a place to go.
