Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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The ideas and practices of Franz Anton Mesmer, an 18th-century Australian healer, had spread to the United States and, by the 1840s, held the country in thrall. Mesmer proposed that everything in the universe, including the human body, was governed by a 'magnetic fluid' that could become imbalanced, causing illness.
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If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.
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I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.
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The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young.
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Don't use a different dish for every single ingredient. If you've got three ingredients that go in at the same time, put them all in the same plate. That way you have just one plate to dump in.
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Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.
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I take policy seriously; I'm not just trying to be a political hack.
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Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.
