Vera Brittain Quotes
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.
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When a culture has fallen totally away from spiritual pursuits into materialism, one must begin by demonstrating they are each a soul, not a material animal.
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Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
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When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
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I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.
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I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident.
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I don't know how to cook, but I do know how to bake.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly.
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Margot Hentoff was an editor there for a time as well as a writer.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.
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Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.
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The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.
