- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top - and never fell off.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an only child who was never really good at anything else. I had no other option. I could write; I wanted to write; I wrote. Otherwise, I was unemployable.
- Developments
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable. That's the fun of it: discovering what's next. I'm often surprised by plot developments I would not have dreamed of starting out, but that, in the course of the writing, come to seem inevitable.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea is to bring art to people who might never really interact with it. It's for all citizens, and it's about making the city more interesting and more visually significant.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never a girl who thought about getting married. Being in a relationship wasn't my priority.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never intended to be a teacher, but once I started teaching, I found that junior high kids are easy to get hooked on, and I stayed for nearly twenty years.
- Grand Jury
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a former prosecutor, I never presented a case in front of the grand jury that didn't result in an indictment. Bottom line: If a prosecutor wants to indict a case, the case gets indicted.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved the rush you get from watching a really scary movie, but I never watch them alone. It's fun to turn out the lights and scream and clutch someone's hand and spill the popcorn all over the place and hide under each other.
- Nov 07, 2020
The age difference has never been a thing. I think Patrick's work certainly keeps him young. What is young, though?
- Nov 07, 2020
I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being in the public eye, with the Internet - it's scary. You can put out too much, and it becomes a part of the pie chart of who you are. Things stick. And they never go away.
- Nov 07, 2020