"I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them."

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Source : "Keeping it in the family" by Rachel Cusk, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2006.

Rachel Cusk

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Inspiration is for amateurs.”
“After the stretch of weather we've had, this is going to be a culture shock for some people. We always end up crashing back to reality.”
“I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.”
“The British Fashion Awards are also very important because it's my hometown. But it's really a recognition of my team, and those awards give me an opportunity to thank them in a formal way. You and I have worked together enough to know that it really isn't about two people. It's a whole team. And so it's great to acknowledge that you never do anything alone.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered”

Source : Gordon Brown (2006). “Speeches, 1997-2006”, Bloomsbury Pub Limited
“This open resistance to [Parliament's] authority can only have found place among the lower and more ignorant of the people.”
“In fact, if we cut 50 percent of the liver out, it'll be back in two weeks.”
“As soon as a woman's primary social value could no longer be defined as the attainment of virtuous domesticity, the beauty myth redefined it as the attainment of virtuous beauty. It did so to substitute both a new consumer imperative and a new justification for economic unfairness in the workplace where the old ones had lost their hold over newly liberated women.”

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