Michel Faber Quotes

The mere fact of my novel being filmed means very little to me. For a long while after 'The Crimson Petal's publication in 2002, it looked as though Hollywood was going to adapt it.

Michel Faber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Growing up, I didn't think it would be possible to be an actress - I didn't see a lot of Latina faces on TV or in movies. But that didn't stop me from trying. I realized early that anything I really wanted was worth working for.

Andrea Navedo

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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

John Lubbock

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I'm absolutely compelled for NASA to send international astronauts to Mars to find out if Mars ever harbored life.

John M. Grunsfeld

LifeFindNASAMarsOutAstronauts

I make my fans feel like they are part of the movement, and if you a fan of the movement, you're going to feel like you ride with me.

Shy Glizzy

RideMeFeelYouMovementFans

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

Robert Frost

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I'm not going to have a perfect career. It's better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five or six great ones than to make so few movies that when you make a bad one it crushes you.

Jason Reitman

GreatBetterYouPerfectBadCareer

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.

Delia Smith

CookingAlwaysRiceWeightRather

I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.

Debby Ryan

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I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx's.

Deborah Moggach

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Participation in and of itself is an act against hopelessness. Speaking up is a gesture against hopelessness.

Anohni

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I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.

Pete Seeger

MyselfCommunismMoreCallCommunist

I had no intention of entering politics, but then the force of events led me to become involved in politics.

Sergio Mattarella

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