Quote by Angela Carter
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. – Angela Carter

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The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder. – Angela Carter

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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague. – Angela Carter

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Every experience makes you a man. – Eric Cantona

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I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime. – Daniel Day-Lewis

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