Lynn Barber Quotes

• I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.

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  Lying, Believe, Thinking

  “My harsh lesson in love and life” by Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2009.

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• I don't want to give a cool appraisal of Jeremy Irons. I just want to boil him in oil.

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  Iron, Oil, Giving

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• But perhaps this is what goes wrong with long marriages--you state your opinions, your likes and dislikes, at the beginning and then forget to mention when they change" (135).

  Lynn Barber

  Likes And Dislikes, Long, Opinion

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• I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.

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  Mean, Selfishness, Care

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• What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have.

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  Parent, Wanted

  "My harsh lesson in love and life" by Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. June 06, 2009.

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• The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

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  Race, Biographies, Interviews

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• I just think I'm fairly aggressive.

  Lynn Barber

  Thinking, Aggressive

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