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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

Jeanette Winterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Think Seriously Foolish Take Would

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love Truth Genius First Last

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

Son Daughter I Am Tough I Can Now

'Women's fashion' is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.

Women Men Fashion Created Euphemism

I'm very boring. But I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence.

Melissa McCarthy

Confidence Women Shoes People Think

No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!

People Process You Find Place Duty

I'm a karmic girl; I believe in karma.

Girl Believe Karma I Believe Karmic

I became an insomniac, really, hardly slept at all, didn't even try to. And it's carried on. I hate to say I only need as much sleep as Mrs. Thatcher, but I can cope really well on five hours.

Hate Sleep I Can Say Try Need

I like a movie that brings out many discussions. From my experience, every time I have done movies, they create this kind of situation. Like 'Irreversible,' 'The Passion of the Christ,' 'Malena'; it's so interesting. I like to explore the dark side of humanity. That's why I'm an actor.

Monica Bellucci

Passion Time Experience Interesting

I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty.

Honesty Children Best I Am World

The Internet is a collective hallucination: one of the best humanity has ever generated.

Jonathan Zittrain

Best Internet Humanity Collective

You make a movie, and if there's a red light flashing in the distance, everyone thinks that the director had a whole lot of money and a great idea that the red light means something. Then you say, 'Yeah, we couldn't afford to shut the red light off that was broken two blocks away.'

Great Light Money Broken Red You

We did six records, then six movies. Now we need to do six of something else, so we get 666 - and then our master Satan can return!

Now Movies Satan Need Master Return

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