Diane English Quotes

You have to be creative. It's the basics. You can't be Picasso unless you know how to draw a real face; then you can turn it upside down.

Diane English

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The founding fathers of the U.S. were right when they erected that wall between church and state.

Jim Starlin

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I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded, and now, well - I can only do it my way.

Joan Hickson

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This is a truth that should be repeated like a mantra: to have any chance of a ful - filling life, we require not only clean air and a steady climate, but also an abundance of meadows and woodlands, rivers and oceans, teeming with life and the mass existence of other living creatures.

John Burnside

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I'm directing episode 10 of the new season of 'Dollhouse' and couldn't be more thrilled. I've visited the set several times in the last year and a half to shadow Joss and other directors in order to prepare. It was important for me to get a feeling for the crew and how they interact.

John Cassaday

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Most shareholders have little if any control over the companies in which they own stock, even if they own a million shares.

Robert Kiyosaki

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I don't like calling it Christian rap. Titles are so limiting. It's hip-hop. I'm a rapper.

Andy Mineo

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I like film books at the bottom of the barrel and art books at the top. 'The Ghastly One,' by Jimmy McDonough, is a hilarious biography of one of the most hideous directors who ever picked up a movie camera - Andy Milligan.

John Waters

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Guys out there have no sense of how their clothes should fit.

John Varvatos

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'Freakonomics' began with a 'N.Y. Times Magazine' profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about 'the psychology of money,' and since Levitt's an economist, my editor thought I'd be the guy to write about him. Fact is that Levitt has almost no interest in either psychology or money.

Stephen J. Dubner

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Some historians trace the start of the War on Terror to November 4, 1979, the day the hostages were taken in Tehran.

Stephen Rodrick

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When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.

Tracy Kidder

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I've always been a rebel, always curious about the world around me.

Martina Navratilova

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