- Nature
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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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're put here on Earth to learn our own lessons. No one can tell you what your lessons are; it is part of your personal journey to discover them. On these journeys we may be given a lot, or just a little bit, of the things we must grapple with, but never more than we can handle.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
After Leaving Las Vegas I did assume that things would get a lot easier than they've been. But it's just been a mirror of the way my career's been from the beginning, so for it to have changed would have been strange. My career has never been perfect.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hard thing about 'The Saint' was that my character was supposed to die, but then they reshot the ending based on tests and she lives. I created the character based on her dying - she would never have been as innocent otherwise. So I didn't have high expectations for that film.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
You think, eventually, that nothing can disturb you and that your nerves are impregnable. Yet, looking down at that familiar face, I realized that death is something to which we never become calloused.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Madrid as a young girl and a teenager. I'll never forget when I went to the Prado Museum for the first time and saw the paintings of Goya. They had such a big impact on me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates himself or herself above the text and knows what each and every character is going to do. It's a bit like engineering. I've never felt close to that tradition. I like the second way, which relies a bit more on intuition.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can move, but I've never background-danced for anybody.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to do Broadway. It's funny. I love it, but I've never actually seen an actual Broadway show, not even 'Hairspray.'
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried to tell my kids: If you're reading something engrossing, you'll never, ever be bored.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.
- Put
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- Nov 07, 2020