Naomi Alderman Quotes

I find the sneeriness about 'selfie-culture' quite boring - I'm excited by young people taking control of their own images and finding out for themselves how much Photoshop has done for models.

Naomi Alderman

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PeopleControlFindingFindYoung

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

Maya Angelou

LoveRelationshipLove IsLossYoung

You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.

Robert Gottlieb

BeautyFeelYouLoyalMayText

I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

LawFactsFindFollowApplyThem

I'm actually Cuban-born, born in 1956, the year Fidel Castro came into power, and my father moved my family to Miami a few years later when things were starting to look bad.

Steven Bauer

FamilyFatherPowerMiamiYearLook

When I act, I try to understand the character, why she's behaving like that.

Sibel Kekilli

CharacterWhyUnderstandTryShe

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

Sienna Miller

PeopleThinkYouWayI Think

I think gay marriage should be the national law.

Rose McGowan

MarriageLawThinkGayGay Marriage

Societies are not sustainable without institutions.

Mo Ibrahim

WithoutSustainableInstitutions

We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told.

Jonathan Stroud

GreatSocietyGrowYouQuestionUp

Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy.

Jon Landau

WorkMusicPurposeCreativeKing

My dad said, 'If you want to go out with girls and go out with your friends, get a job.' I found one at the local country club as a pot washer in the kitchen.

Johnny Iuzzini

JobKitchenFriendsYouCountryGo

I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.

Dawn French

FearMyselfImaginationPastMe

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