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Angela Carter Quotes

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: May 7, 1940 - February 16, 1992

Topics

Life Death Life And Death Nothing

In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.

Me World Marines Everything Like

Books guided my life from high school, and the greatest, most interesting, most provocative, funniest, smartest people who ever lived in the last 200 or 300 years wrote those books. I would fall in love with Victor Hugo and read not just 'Les Miserables,' but 'Bug-Jargal' and 'The Toilers of the Sea' and so forth.

Life Love Sea School People My Life

Once or twice, I've taken the Gideon Bible out of the drawer, opened it at random, and found myself stuck in the middle of a genealogical list. And that's when I thought: why not cherry-pick the best bits, passages that people can actually use?

Myself Best People Random Bible Why

I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.'

You Advocate Who

Why do we even use hashtags? It's just like a sub-thought. Who clicks on hashtags? Nobody.

Nobody Why Just Who Like Even

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

Tradition Stronger Country Earth

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Change You President Seen Being Who

Indonesia is the world's third-largest democracy. And we also have the world's largest Muslim population. This demonstrates that democracy and Islam are not incompatible. Terrorism is not associated with any religion.

Religion Democracy World Islam Any

Fate is for losers.

Douglas Coupland

Growing up a lonely only child prepared me for the years of solitude spent as a writer; years spent in the company of people who don't exist, imaginary people you have conversations with. It's a paid form of madness, this writing stuff.

Child People Me Solitude Growing Up

Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months.

Experience Quality Day Me Every Day

Before I was making music, I was homeless. I didn't have all the girls or any friends - and now I have everything that I wanted.

Music Homeless Friends Now Making

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