M. John Harrison Quotes
People think it’s a failure to live alone. But it isn’t. The failure is to live with someone because you can’t face anything else.
M. John Harrison
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
Parker Stevenson
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
Rachel Zoe
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
Manika
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
Aaron Koblin
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
Naomi Wolf
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.
Zara Phillips
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
Nancy Sinatra
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
Vanessa Kerry
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
Canelo Alvarez
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When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.
Randi Weingarten
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All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear of that and set out to write something story-led.
Jo Nesbo
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I will not talk about people a thousand miles off, but come as near home as I can. As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism. Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
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Her shoulders sagging, her back hunched, her eyelids tired, Rose-Anna sewed for the feast, not daring even to sing for fear of frightening off her joy.
Gabrielle Roy
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You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.
Cyndi Lauper
Blue Angel
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Return often and take me, beloved sensation, return and take me - When memory of the body awakens, and old desire again runs through the blood; when the lips and skin remember, and the hands feel as if they touch again.
C.P. Cavafy
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People think it’s a failure to live alone. But it isn’t. The failure is to live with someone because you can’t face anything else.
M. John Harrison
