Marian Keyes Quotes
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
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I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's.
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I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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I did a whole lot of work before taking up my first movie. From TV commercials to Telugu films, I learnt a lot from them all.
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In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
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My dad had a Vincent Black Shadow, which was a quite particular thing: it was the fastest cycle of its era... It sparked a world for me; when I was old enough, I got a motorcycle.
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He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona. With my children, I'm just 'Mom.' At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.
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I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch.
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The face of the team are the people who're playing on the cricket field. The team is not about one individual.
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I know that people can live celibate lives. I did it myself for many years.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.
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Comedy is basically self-deprecation.
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Paint the essential character of things.
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What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.
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Look at things and listen and feel.
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One day very soon, we'll be asked: what did we do. And we will say: we did everything we could... we have to... because if we don't there won't be anyone left to ask. We have never faced a crisis this big, that we have never had better ideas to solve. This is our only home. We can choose today to make a world of difference.
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Am I going to go to Heaven or Hell when I die? No. Is there going to be a second coming, and people are going to be stricken down? I find all that exclusionary.
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I'm very particular but very thrifty at the same time.
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I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.
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Optimism can be relearnt.
