Denis Thatcher Quotes
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.
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I have played a lot of roles in my career where I'm the sexual interest. I'm always having to fight that.
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If I were to leave the U.S., I'd live in England. But I'd never leave the U.S. I own a 400-acre farm in Macon, Georgia. I raise cattle and hogs. I own horses, too. I love horses as much as singing. I like to hunt on horseback.
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It's always great to visit Taranaki; it's beautiful, and I've caught some great waves there.
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If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
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I was a sad kid.
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The hand that signed the paper felled a city; Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country; These five kings did a king to death.
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Dammit, Michael, get out of my room, you pervert!” Could you even be a pervert if you were dead? She supposed you could, if you had a working body half the time. “I swear, I’m going to start taking my clothes off!” The cold spot stayed resolutely put until she got the hem of her T-shirt all the way up to her bra line, and then faded away. “Chicken,” she said, and paced the room, back and forth.
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I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'
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I think she was ready to go. Not to be kicked out. Go at the top. Undefeated.
