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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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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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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They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.
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Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.
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A willing heart is the first step in finding God's will in our lives. We cannot expect God to force us or to plead with us about the calling in our lives.
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I don't really care about that. My motivation comes from within myself. I put more pressure on myself than any media, or any person or any coach can put on me.
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Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.
