Charlaine Harris Quotes
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.
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I'm not cynical.
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A barrier for me – which has been both a strength and a weakness – has been my taste. The kind of things I'm interested in aren't always mainstream.
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The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors.
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I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore.
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One thing that's really delightful is my books tend to attract people who are funny, so I get the benefit of people writing me with things that crack me up.
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Every love song I write is for Linda.
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I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. Sometimes it just comes out in the writing. I'll get an idea as I'm writing the chapter. I try to go for maximum surprises in PLL, stuff you don't see coming. It's a lot of fun!
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I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.
