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" Our idea of happiness, some of it, is very tied to the cult of celebrity: there is this golden, wonderful life that I want, and if I dress like that, I'm on my way there. "
Amanda Harlech
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" Writing is something I should have done more of, it's a form of coming home. "
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" I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder. "
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" I think the artistic process comes from disorder. When you are happy, it's not always a feeling that you can identify. It's like a dog sitting in front of a fire. Pain isolates you, but it can also clarify things. "
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" I think I am really easygoing. Well... as I was about halfway through that sentence, I thought, 'No, actually you're really picky.' But the things I ask for are really simple to do. "
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" We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present. "
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