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“If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. Also, the people whom I grew up with all did things they really loved. And I think that’s an important lesson.”
Source : "Rooney Mara: Playing with Fire". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, www.vogue.com. October 17, 2011.
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“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.”
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“I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.”
Source : "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.
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“Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.”
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“Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.”
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“Knowing makes all the difference... It's the difference between just trying to keep alive, and having something to live for”
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“We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.”
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“It's a frightening world to be alone in.”