Denis Dutton Quotes

It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established reader interests.

Denis Dutton

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MistakeInternetTalkingYouPlay

I still get blokes who say, 'Oh you hate men, don't you?' And I say, 'No, I just hate you.' I really love doing that, just to see the look on their faces.

Jo Brand

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I learned a long time ago that it doesn't make me less of a woman because my babies come out of a different place. My C-sections have been fine.

Angie Harmon

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The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

Jeff Bridges

WorkYouActingTalentsWonderful

I mean, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.

Michael Bloomberg

LiveWorldYouPerfectKnowMean

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

John Sladek

AdvantagePreconceptionsLeastSF

Sometimes it's nice for people not to know anything about me.

Amanda Lindhout

PeopleMeKnowNiceSometimesAbout

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

Shirley MacLaine

LifeMyselfPurposeFunThinkPlay

I find that when I come upon something that I think is a historical revelation, I have the sort of adrenaline rush that I imagine a gambler gets in Las Vegas when he hits the jackpot. It's still tremendously exciting to me, and I think all of my peers in the business feel the same way.

Ron Chernow

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The most important thing you can do as an actor is bring as much of yourself to the character to ground the character in some sort of reality, and then you build around it and on top of it.

Michael Kelly

CharacterYourselfRealityYouBuild

There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.

Jason Chaffetz

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I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.

Dick Van Dyke

LifePartnerLoner

Students of color who attended integrated schools in the decades immediately following Brown were more likely to graduate high school, go to college, earn higher wages, live healthier lifestyles, and not have a criminal record than their peers in segregated schools.

Donna Brazile

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