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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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
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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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Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS.
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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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The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
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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 love the structural part of the writing process.
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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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Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.
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There was a thing in the Andy Kaufman movie that Jim Carrey (Man On The Moon) about how he would do it. I didn't even see the movie. I read the script. But someone asked me, "Do you know what the best part of the Jim Carrey/Andy Kaufman movie is?" And I said, "me lee see ree bee." I just knew that would be the best part.
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I don't even like to cry in private.
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I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves.
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Optimism can be relearnt.
