Emma Donoghue Quotes

Ah yes, the paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence.

Emma Donoghue

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BookChanceInnocenceKnowYesOff

I don't speak any other languages, which I'm kind of ashamed about, actually.

Jodie Comer

SpeakKindAshamedAboutActually

My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business.

John Krasinski

BusinessThinkNameOutPoetJust

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.

Anita Roddick

WorkCommunityBelieveWantCompany

There's a joke that I do where I make fun of myself for being bow-legged, and I compare myself to a camel and how a camel walks and sits, and that has become a joke that people - when I deliver that joke, people are in tears.

Anjelah Johnson

MyselfFunPeopleTearsBecomeJoke

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.

Stephen Gardiner

GardeningDesignGardenBeyondLand

I support the Volcker rule, but there needs to be proper definitions around the Volcker rule so that banks can understand exactly what they can do and what they can't do, and that they can provide the necessary function of liquidity in customer markets.

Steve Mnuchin

SupportCustomerUnderstandRule

I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

Shirley Manson

LifePeopleEnoughHideKnowLucky

There have to be practical steps. There's no point in holding out for a magic door because there are no magic doors. You can dream your life away or actually do what you dream of doing. That's the most valuable advice I can give.

Shonda Rhimes

LifeDoorAdviceDoorsDoingMagic

When we perform music at TV shows, we always try to do something that's not scripted because anything that's a surprise for the audience and the crew and the other performers, it works better on camera and for the people back home, too.

Lukas Forchhammer

HomeMusicPeopleSurpriseBetter

The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.

Loretta Devine

LifeYouLessonPersonTrueFact

I like the idea that things can exist in different formats - in a gallery, a fashion ad, in books.

Juergen Teller

FashionThingsExistDifferentIdea

The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring.

Dianne Wiest

BusinessNowRingWayAlwaysCash

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