Ellis Peters Quotes
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.
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We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
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Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.
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Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.
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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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Two children die. An accident and a suicide amongst so many murders. A chance death and a death of self-recrimination. Smut and the Skipping Girl have been aping their parents and elders - perhaps they could now teach them a lesson - all the machinations and game-playing and adjusting for sexual and emotional positioning is not worth the effort.
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Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
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Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
