A. S. Byatt Quotes

I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.

A. S. Byatt

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In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.

Joanna Newsom

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Certainly I have more in common with Bernie Sanders than differences. I think if you had to look for differences, you would find them in foreign policy, where my campaign is perhaps more critical - I would say definitely more critical - of funding for regimes like that of the Netanyahu government, which are clearly war criminals.

Jill Stein

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One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion.

Joan Armatrading

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My mother worked for a white family that lived in one of the mansions on the beach. The husband in the family was a lawyer; he worked for a firm in New Orleans.

Jesmyn Ward

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If people like what I do, fine. If they don't, fine.

Robert Goulet

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I absolutely hate Take That, East 17, the Spice Girls.

Siobhan Fahey

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I love to spend money.

Roberto Cavalli

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I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

Russell Crowe

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I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

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The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.

Jay Alan Sekulow

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I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is.

Cliff Richard

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Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have to be in direct contact with anyone to get pink-eye. But for parents who write, flexibility becomes essential, and as long as I have a pad of paper and a pen, I can write anywhere. Starbucks is fine.

Claire Messud

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