Jeffrey Brown Quotes
I've never written a book with the intention of winning someone back or getting back at someone or anything like that. It's always just been about thinking about life and how relationships fit in to what life means.
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If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.
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I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
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There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life.
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It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.
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Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.
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Don't overpack your carry-on. You're never going to read that second book or that fourth magazine.
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My dad's nickname was MacGyver when we were kids. He'd hijack my projects all the time. When I got older, he would not do it as much... but he would just end up hijacking the whole thing. You should see the look in his eyes when he gets to create stuff.
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We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.
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I've never written a book with the intention of winning someone back or getting back at someone or anything like that. It's always just been about thinking about life and how relationships fit in to what life means.
