Margaret Keane Quotes
I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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I hate competition.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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I want to have a long career.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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It's ridiculous that we are in a place where we feel like we can classify and dismiss certain groups of people just because of the way they look, or we have these standards of health - like, cellulite is something you need to get rid of. No, it isn't. It's just a part of people's bodies.
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Be Nice. Contrary to the cliché, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. I admit it's not easy when you've got a gripe. To be agreeable while disagreeing - that's an art. Be natural - write the way you talk.
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Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems.
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Shetland has always been a place of sanctuary for me. I visited when I dropped out of university, and I just loved it from the minute I got there. It's a bleak but very beautiful place.
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I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.
