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Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its no

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its not really any very heady fame. – Peter Carey

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I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. – Peter Carey

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Courage
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Peter Carey
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At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, thats enough. I cant do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my mornings work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine. – Peter Carey

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Morning
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Peter Carey
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A lot of times on tour its about, OK, where am I today? Wow, Im in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish? And its about trying the food, and really experiencing it. – Fergie

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Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If youre trying to be famous, your work usually suffers. – Justin Theroux

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My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing. – Lucy Hale

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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and thats a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing? – Idris Elba

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Walk on a rainbow trail walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail. – Robert Motherwell

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Unfortunately, chick flick has become a term to describe most movies that I dont even like. Theyre these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really dont reflect who women are, and theres something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them. – Carla Gugino

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You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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