Lionel Shriver Quotes

The premiere of Lynne Ramsay's film of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture at which to celebrate the miraculous power - not of film but of fiction. Lo, I have created a monster.

Lionel Shriver

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I don't feel like I've changed as much as radio formats have changed.

Jewel

FeelRadioLikeChangedMuch

When Howard Dean started saying some honest things, they hung him.

Robert Scheer

SayingHimHonestThingsStarted

Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.

Robert Staughton Lynd

ManGeniusDeadBeingEvery Man

Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood.

Jeffrey Jones

TimeDoneHayFeverAnother Time

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

Michael Caine

ControlYouActorDirectorStage

When I shot 'Private Practice,' Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting.

Stephen Amell

PracticeMePointShootingStarted

With the rather stable ratio of labor force to total population, a high rate of increase in per capita product means a high rate of increase in product per worker; and, with average hours of work declining, it means still higher growth rates in product per man-hour.

Simon Kuznets

WorkGrowthLaborProductHigh

I am so blessed that I have been able to live long enough to see a woman nominated for president.

Ron Dellums

LiveWomanI AmBlessedEnoughLong

I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

Roy Romer

EducationCommitmentDeepRealGuy

We must recognize that Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to climate change, natural disasters, and external shocks.

Miroslav Lajcak

ChangeSmallClimate ChangeIsland

I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I understood your premisses, I felt sure you had a real foundation to hold on.

Asa Gray

MomentPeopleSpeakFoundationYou

Anyone who considers using a weapon of mass destruction against the United States or its allies must first consider the consequences... We would not specify in advance what our response would be, but it would be both overwhelming and devastating.

William J. Perry

ConsequencesFirstUnitedAgainst

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