Leslie Jamison Quotes

When you're a writer and something difficult happens to you, one of the things involved in that is this emergence of narrative potential. And there's then a kind of self-consciousness about telling a story in which you suffered.

Leslie Jamison

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I was my thinnest when doing 35 fashion shows a week in different countries because I didn't have time to eat. I've never bought the idea that models in fashion magazines cause readers to have anorexia and bulimia. And you can't be a model if you've got those conditions anyway, because you'll get acne and hair all over your body.

Jerry Hall

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An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' but they've asked me to do 'David Copperfield' instead.

Andrew Davies

SonMeGoingWorkingBeenInstead

Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.

Robert Sheckley

LifeWalkYouFindFastComplicated

I write things in my house, and hopefully there's a reader out there who enjoys it and has an experience with it, but that's very different than a performer on stage, where there's an immediate dance with the audience. It's incredibly powerful.

Stacey D'Erasmo

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Liberals always exempt themselves from the rules that they impose on others.

Rush Limbaugh

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Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.

Mike Ditka

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It always excites me to meet new family members. I'd like to meet them all someday.

Joseph Parker

FamilyMeNewMeetAlwaysSomeday

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.

Diane Cilento

ChildrenBedBecauseOnceParental

Driving alone, you can make 800 miles a day.

Donald McCaig

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If you are feeling some December blues, or even depression, don't fight it. Instead, do something for yourself. Be reflective. Let the emotions exist. And be encouraged that, like me, you can get to a better place, but it can take time.

Brad Feld

TimeDepressionYourselfFightMe

Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.

Sushant Singh Rajput

CharacterYourselfYouNeedHead

Theatre is what I've always done, really, especially with the RSC, but I do bits and pieces on TV.

Richard McCabe

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