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“We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?”
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“Because for me to go fully experimental, it would turn into an artist book actually. And I'm not opposed to that. But I wanted to toy with the conventions of traditional narrative and sometimes to do that all the way, you have to actually utilize traditional narrative, I think - or it's one way to do it.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am.”
Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Human Croquet: A Novel”, p.48, Macmillan
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“Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.”
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“When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I represent the small businesses, the women, and the families working so hard to rebuild our communities.”
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“You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.”
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“Making a painting is like having sex for a month or something. Then I go through this period of elation at finishing the work. Then you drop off - you know, 'post-coital man is sad,' as the old saying goes.”