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“When I was thin, I had no notion of what being fat is like. When I worked in a department store, I had sold clothes to women of most sizes, so I should have known; but perhaps you have to experience the state from the inside, to understand what fat is like.”
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“Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.”
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“In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed.”
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“I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.”
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“I was raised as a tomboy with boys, and I never really feel like myself when I am really dolled up at premieres and showbiz events.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Often admitting our weakness and fear is the first step to finding rest in God. Our trust in Him isn't conveyed though superhuman confidence as much as it comes in the way of childlike reliance on Him.”
Source : Tracie Peterson (2010). “Morning's Refrain (Song of Alaska Book #2)”, p.92, Bethany House
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“After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled to drop everything and move. But I've been teaching for a long time. More than four decades.”
Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
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“I worked in an insurance office for six years, and it was there that I just woke up one day and realised there was something massively lacking in my life, and a non-contributory pension and a subsidised canteen could not fill it.”