"The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings."

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Source : Rachel Joyce (2012). “The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry”, p.131, Random House

Rachel Joyce

#Past Quotes #Escaping Quotes

“I'm still amazed by the process of recording.”

Source : Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.
“Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.”
“Half of our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. - John Churton Collins The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.”
“There are worse things than being fat, and one of them is worrying about it all the time.”
“Plan what you are going to wear ahead of time. If you're going to an important dinner, you should always plan what you're going to wear because you don't want to look silly.”
“I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me.”
“Writing involves an acceptance of being on the margin, the threshold, a galvanization out of received notions into a more activated, kinetic, often perilous, seeing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ***** handed to you by a nursery tale?""I wouldn't say they handed me my ass," I said.Bob was nearly strangling on his laughter, and given that he had no lungs it seemed gratuitous somehow. "That's because you can't see yourself," he choked out. "Your nose is all swollen up and you've got two black eyes. You look like a raccoon. Holding a dislocated ass.”

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