Emilia Fox Quotes

I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll read anything anyone gives me.

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• My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Political
  • Years
  • Egypt

• I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Feeling
  • Running
  • Far

• It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.

  

  Victor Vasarely
  • Unique
  • Idea
  • Original

• I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.

  

  Mackenzie Crook
  • Problem
  • Days
  • Spend

• Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Always
  • Religious
  • Teachers

• I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Me
  • Lucky
  • Diagnosed

• My parents were atheists, strong atheists. I never got the answer 'God.'

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • God
  • Parents
  • Strong

• It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • America
  • Myself
  • Doing

• I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • People
  • Music
  • Writing

• A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Meet

• I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

  

  Gale Norton
  • Trying
  • Environment
  • Challenge

• I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Will
  • Twitter
  • Million

• Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Support
  • Trump
  • Will

• So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Growing
  • Eye
  • Grapes

• It's easy to say why I love coming to Chicago for my signings, because I still remember the very first time I came to Chicago, right before 'Shiver' came out. I remember I was so struck by the feel of the city, how wide open it felt, even with these massive buildings all around me. The parks and green spaces are incredible.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Time
  • City
  • Feel

• Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Why
  • Trade
  • Dollar

• Everything I ask is a question from Tamron, like it or not. My team does not write my questions. We put together a segment. We talk about the elements that I want, but we have a conversation for that hour with our guests.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Together
  • Team
  • Question

• I was born in a suburb of Paris, and I grew up there until I was 16, so there were always a lot of barbecues, a garden, friends.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Garden

• Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

  

  Noel Gallagher Oasis
  • Records
  • Sold
  • Phil Collins

• So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.

  

  Pat Boone
  • Men
  • Women
  • Children

• Perhaps by this time the 14th century was not quite sane. If enlightened self-interest is the criterion of sanity, in the verdict of Michelet, 'no epoch was more naturally mad.'

  

  Barbara W. Tuchman
  • Time
  • Mad

• Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.

  

  Aziz Ansari
  • Up
  • Comedy
  • Profession

• I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll read anything anyone gives me.

  

  Emilia Fox