Jim Crace Quotes

The Commonwealth Prize is about celebrating the Commonwealth and the special relationship we have with the ex-colonies - which is part guilt and part warmth - and the Booker Prize isn't an essential part of that, but it is part of that.

Jim Crace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 1, 1946

Topics

RelationshipGuiltSpecialWarmth

There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.

John Oates

SoulAmericanYouIrishMoves

If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.

Anna Deavere Smith

JobThinkYouActingDisappear

My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player.

Trombone Shorty

ParentsMeNeedTrumpetBecause

I wanted to make an artwork that really underlined the contradiction between how machines see and how humans see. Because music is so affective and is just as corporeal as it is cerebral, I thought coupling a music performance with machine vision adds up to something that work on an emotional, aesthetic, and intellectual level.

Trevor Paglen

WorkMusicVisionPerformanceSee

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.

Dean Koontz

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Usually I wear my grandma's old aprons, or others I have collected in my travels. When I was young, I would sit and watch my grandma prepare stuff. She wasn't Italian, but she did really good Italian food.

Debi Mazar

GoodFoodYoungOthersSheOld

Confess and be hanged.

Christopher Marlowe

ConfessHanged

I grew up in a very musical family, but music was not encouraged as a career. It was a hobby.

Colm Wilkinson

FamilyMusicHobbyCareerUpVery

There are fans who just like their indie stars, and then there are your more casual fans that are more familiar with somebody like Kurt Angle, and their interest might be piqued.

Cody Rhodes

StarsMoreCasualFansInterest

The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.

Chuck Palahniuk

PersonAttackOurHourOurselves

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

Annie Lennox

PeopleFameWantSome PeopleToxic

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

Arthur Smith

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