Claire Tomalin Quotes
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
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I would've been a really big silent movie star.
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I've found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I've got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on my couch and really focus on it, and I've gotten really lucky that way.
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I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.
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IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
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I'm coming from the zone of Faith Evans, but with weird production.
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I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready.
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In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children's books. In Japan, everything is art. They don't say painting is better than ceramics or dress design.
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I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be. So now that reality is antithetical to what I want, how I can feel into it and act skillfully rather than react? How can I choose my best course of action while not pretending I don't have the pain, or running away from the pain, or blaming someone else for the circumstances of my life?
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I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I think that when you've got four siblings sharing the same resources and a single kids' bathroom, it's going to get a little tense at times.
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I have been left-wing always, from childhood.
