Val McDermid Quotes
If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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You either are or you're not.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
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Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
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I carry the voices of all my family within me, and they were with me there in the jungle.
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Women and men look at their life, and women say, 'What do I need? Do I need more money, or do I need more time?' And women are intelligent enough to say, 'I need more time.' And so, women lead balanced lives; men should be learning from women.
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If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.
