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To me, life, for all its privations, is a luminous thing. You have to risk it.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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Film Producer
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Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gaming table, some do not. You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.
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There is no greater grief than to find no happiness, but happiness in what is past.
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I have a head for heights it's true, but no stomach for the depths. Strange then to have plumbed so many.
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I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.
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Names are still magic even Sharon, Karen, Darren, and Warren are magic to somebody somewhere. In fairy stories, naming is knowledge. When I know your name, I can call your name, and when I call your name, you'll come to me.
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