Ellis Peters Quotes
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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I'm easily entertained.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
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I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
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I'm really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can't go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I'm totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.
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Many have no desire to be in it, because their work does not interest them, providing them with neither challenge nor satisfaction, and has no other merit in their eyes than that it leads to a pay-packet at the end of the week.
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The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us.
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People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.
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What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian.
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Soon we shall plunge into the cold darkness; Farewell, vivid brightness of our short-lived summers!
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Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.
