Mary Archer Quotes
It sounds extraordinary but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.
Mary Archer
Quotes to Explore
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
Eavan Boland
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
Victor Hugo
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
Zhu Zhu
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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.
Tamora Pierce
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
Tatum O'Neal
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
Yoko Ono
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
Malcolm Gets
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My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
Zinedine Zidane
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
Dana Carvey
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
Gary Busey
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
Ieyasu Tokugawa
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Thirteen years I took on this last book.
Gay Talese
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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.
Kofi Annan
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Growing up, I idolised Madhuri Dixit. She's my favourite actress, and I used to pretend I was her all the time.
Lilly Singh
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I think TV is a fantastic medium right now because of what you can do visually. It's phenomenal, and it's just getting better and better, but in a way, there's no beating the personal image you can create in your head, with those personal aspects, which you can only get from reading or radio dramas.
Colin Morgan
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Overall, people are reading less.
David Carson
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I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life.
Emilia Fox
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It sounds extraordinary but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.
Mary Archer
