Rachel Cusk Quotes

I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it.

Rachel Cusk

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Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

Jimmy Fallon

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There are thousands of Eminems. Just listen to a song. There are thousands of them. It's just that he had the talent. It's like someone with a talent to hit a baseball. He had the talent to write lyrics.

Jimmy Iovine

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I don't care if the critics don't like me. I want to be the people's designer, like Diana was the people's princess.

Jeremy Scott

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My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world we've long known and the world that will become.

Jeffrey Toobin

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Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did.

Jeffrey Kluger

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Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying to say the stuff that I think is funny and will make people laugh.

Amy Schumer

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It's never been about making money.

Rob Zombie

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I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.

Mats Sundin

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It should be that every child, when they leave school, can do ten meals, because when they leave home, they've got to be able to eat healthily. Blow the science of it and everything else. They've just got to be able to know what's good for them, how to buy it, and how to make a few dishes that they enjoy and don't cost too much.

Mary Berry

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I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'

Jason Reitman

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In documentary, mostly, people are going to say untoward things; people are going to have gnarly beliefs. People aren't perfect.

Debra Granik

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