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I try to distinguish my characters from each other.


Lucy Liu
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It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to make the world a better place get together.
Karen Duffy
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I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.


Michael Ignatieff
I'm very interested in writing an actual series, that doesn't have too much to do with my music - a world I create that has characters in it. I'm just trying to get there by doing things that I want to do.
Reggie Watts
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All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
Justin Townes Earle
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The two together are a really great combo: the family life and then being able to go play some shows and write.
Vonda Shepard
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I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.


Taraji P. Henson
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.


Malorie Blackman
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In writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars,' I had the freedom to go beyond the original script and add asides, soliloquys and even new scenes. The main characters all get a soliloquy or two - or in Luke's case, several.
Ian Doescher
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There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.
Kazuo Ishiguro
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You shouldn't say 'animals' to distinguish between humans and non-humans. We are all animals.


Peter Singer
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There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
Thomas Beecham
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For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of the book writing itself.
Sarah MacLean
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Teaching and writing, to me, is really just seduction; you go to where people are and you find something that they're interested in and you try and use that to convince them that they should be interested in what you have to say.
Lawrence M. Krauss
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I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.


Martin Scorsese
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It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
Otto Penzler
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On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters - words have to be used to express that, and I love that about theater.
Alan Alda
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I'll close my eyes really, really tight and make you all go away.


Shannon Hoon
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Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.
Malorie Blackman
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The way I look at myself, the biggest achievement in my eyes - forget winning trophies or scoring in World Cups - is that I'm still at a top club playing at a really high standard having been almost two different players.
Michael Owen
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