Samantha Shannon Quotes

I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.

Samantha Shannon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 8, 1991

Topics

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Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role.

Jeremy London

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I was so successful in Cleveland, and we moved to Los Angeles, and there was nothing for me to do. All of a sudden, from being a success, I was a has-been at 13.

Joel Grey

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For a few years, there were three shows running on Broadway that I had all opened: 'Chicago,' 'Wicked' and 'Anything Goes.'

Joel Grey

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When 'Drag Race' first began, it seemed like a fun window into an underground culture, but over the nine years it has aired, the show has evolved to reflect America's changing relationship to queer rights and acceptance.

Jenna Wortham

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One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it. Is it irresistible charm? Chutzpah? Pure determination? Blackmail? Or are so many supposedly knowledgeable people just plain blind?

Robert Gottlieb

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With modelling, a lot happens behind the scenes; all the fittings and hair and makeup. Then the runway takes two minutes - you just walk out and come back in!

Anna Ewers

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When people come out of rehab, they usually go to secondary rehab for another six months and then enter back into society gradually. But I came out and did Top Of The Pops straight away!

Robbie Williams

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I did stuff for three years in Kabul that I found exciting, and a lot of that was fixing roofs, talking about sewage installation.

Rory Stewart

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The one genre I'm not really into: self-help books.

Michiko Kakutani

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I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.

Molly Ringwald

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You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

Louis Farrakhan

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I don't have a directorial overview, which sometimes is very helpful.

Julia Barr

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