Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?Dorothy Dunnett
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
Irvine Welsh -
More modern poetry is written than read.
P. J. O'Rourke -
There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
Rachel Bloom -
Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
J. B. Smoove -
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
Samantha Power -
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
Omar Khayyam
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
Magdi Yacoub -
I've always loved projects where I can combine acting and music.
Natalia Tena -
I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
Ingmar Bergman -
Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
Joanne Rowling -
Making music is fantastic.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran -
The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
Walter Kirn
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
Ferdinand Marcos -
If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
Lady Gaga -
The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
Caleb Deschanel -
I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.
Iain Banks -
There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
F. Lee Bailey -
Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
Victor Ponta
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Oh, how I treasure this freedom. I really do It's a glorious, wonderful experience. I am off marriage - for life!
Lana Turner -
I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.
Fidel Castro -
An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being's, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
E. O. Wilson -
We burden ourselves with useless ideas which we carelessly take as facts. Instead of letting reality come as a new surprise, we insist that it conform to our habitual concepts, and thus, we spoil everything.
Vernon Howard -
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?
Joe Nichols -
So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?
Dorothy Dunnett