Ellis Peters Quotes
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If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there's going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident.
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No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.
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Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
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Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.
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The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects.
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I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.
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The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.
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'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'
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Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight perfectly for the future.
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Expect temptation to your last breath.
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I was gonna work in a university, but no one was hiring.
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I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.
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Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?
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I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.
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It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.
