Eleanor Catton Quotes

When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made me go, 'Ah! I didn't know that was coming!'

Eleanor Catton

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Women consume, and they must be directed what to consume, or they may identify you as lunch.

John Patrick Shanley

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You change your life by changing your heart.

Max Lucado

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My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.

Tom Hanks

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Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort to get financing.

Ron Chernow

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Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.

RuPaul

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I am a futurist, projecting trends in science into the next decades and century, but ironically my two daughters - one is a neuroscientist and the other is a pastry chef - tell me that my taste in music is positively prehistoric.

Michio Kaku

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People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay.

Moby

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After studying the subject for years, watching countless YouTube videos of Scientology handlers filming critics and journalists, it felt amazing to be on the receiving end myself: I felt like I'd been blooded.

Louis Theroux

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I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

Lisa Gardner

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In the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards.

Jay Pharoah

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I do live in a couple of worlds. My home is in Kentucky. I fly out to Los Angeles when I'm working.

Ciara Bravo

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Actually I did not hold the baby immediately because I was not confident of myself. I was initially nervous to hold him, so I had to wait for a few days before I could a feel of him.

Allu Arjun

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