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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.

Jeanette Winterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: August 27, 1959

Topics

Outside Always Spotlight Somewhere

Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.

Robert Metcalfe

Innovation Freedom World Prosperity

I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, Carlos Fuentes in Mexico - but I knew that many of them had failed, and in any event, I wasn't exactly in their league.

Michael Ignatieff

Politics Transition Always Mexico

Encountering a real place enhances the performances of actors in subtle ways and changes the spiritual texture of the film.

Spiritual Place Changes Real Texture

I think it's entirely possible to have a career in fashion and raise a child. Stella McCartney is on her fourth child and remains both a fashion icon and a great mom.

Great Child Mom Fashion Think Her

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

Robert W. Service

Life Society Free Criticism Dislike

Enrollment in Colorado is expected to expand about 25 percent in seven years. It's very difficult to find those additional funds. Therefore, I think you're probably going to have increased pressure on tuition.

Think Pressure You Find Colorado

So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes.

Heart Eyes Man Believe Will Him

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Speak Silent Must Cannot Thereof

I have a very awesome seat in the house every time I play. When the lights come up, and the sound turns on, I'm playing for a roomful of human beings. And geographical and political borders just all dissolve. And we unite through rhythm inhalation. I mean, I'm so grateful that, you know, audiences around the world connect to English music.

Music Time Grateful World Political

I kept turning down roles because I knew I just wasn't ready for them.

Down Ready Because Just Knew Roles

I had always wanted to be an actress. I went to summer theater camp from kindergarten on up until high school, and always had the leads in all the plays - even though they were at the YMCA - but it was something I always wanted to do.

School High School Summer High Up

While I'm confident in Obsidian being able to deliver a quality title, it only takes one other Kickstarter developer to ruin things for everyone else and cast doubt on the donation process going forward.

Quality Forward Process Confident

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