Austin Clarke Quotes
Assonance is not the enemy of rhyme. It helps us to respect rhyme, which has been spoiled by mechanical use.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn't seem to take colour - there's nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned, I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society.
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We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
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Birds... scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the world in our ears, but sadly we don't speak bird.
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Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
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We talk about that a lot: how, when you're under pressure, it brings out the best and the worst in people.
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Assonance is not the enemy of rhyme. It helps us to respect rhyme, which has been spoiled by mechanical use.
