Michel Faber Quotes

My energies get used up quite quickly, and the psychic space I'm in when I write is a very lonely one, so I found that harder and harder to get back to.

Michel Faber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: April 13, 1960

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I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word 'marriage.' Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights.

Ani DiFranco

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A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it.

Amber Tamblyn

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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

Tom Landry

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I do get cast in the same role a lot, but the truth is, I just want longevity. The thing is, I'd rather be stuck in a stereotype than be nowhere. The whole typecasting thing started because of 'Reservoir Dogs.' And I did a bunch of other films like 'Wyatt Earp' and 'Free Willy,' but no one seems to remember those.

Michael Madsen

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Professionally, I want to keep playing music; I can't escape that.

Jason Mraz

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I have a couple of friends who have gone pro in sports, and if you are off by an inch, it's an entire mindgame for the next week. That's how it works: like, your whole world is based around an inch. Being an actor, your whole world turns on an inch, too.

Johnny Simmons

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Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.

Dizzy Dean

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A small-time hoodlum who had spent most of the 1960s at San Quentin State Prison in California, the 30-year-old Bryant claimed that he hijacked Flight 97 under orders from his higher-ups in the Black Panther Party; he said his mission was to arrange for the purchase of bazookas to aid the organization's struggle against oppression.

Brendan I. Koerner

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At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.

William Ivey Long

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I lived in Calcutta for five months in 1999. While I was there, I read many journals, diaries, collections of letters and histories.

Susanna Moore

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Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy.

Tzipi Livni

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People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?

Ric Ocasek

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