"A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat woman-overweight woman-at the back?""

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Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

Graeme Simsion

#Errors Quotes #Hands Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“I think there's nothing worse than telling actors what to do in front of everyone, because then on the next take, everyone's waiting to see if you do that ... Everyone watches. It's just the worst thing.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend.”
“Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.”
“The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must not be looked at as a well-filled museum, but as a poor collection made at hazard and at rare intervals.”
“Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.”
“I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis.”
“I was at a stage in my life where I felt sort of comfortable being a dislocated person emotionally, feeling in some ways like a man without any particular country. I had come to a nice space with the imaginary Cuba or the imaginary America that I thought existed.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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