Jim Crace Quotes
I was brought up in a flat in North London - virtually the last building in London, because north of us was countryside all the way to the coast, and south of us was non-stop London for 20 miles.
Jim Crace
Quotes to Explore
My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
Hamish Bowles
There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
Nathaniel Kahn
After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
Barbara Deming
To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
Yannick Noah
I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
A. James Clark
There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
Gaby Hoffmann
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Zig Ziglar
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
Yannick Noah
The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.
Zach Wamp
I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.
Omari Hardwick
I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
Anton Zaslavski
In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
Jacki Weaver
There is inspiration all around us.
Kapil Dev
Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
Abraham Lincoln
If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
Naya Rivera
Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.
Samuel Barnett
I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
Yuna
I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.
H. G. Bissinger
I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.
Karen Thompson Walker
I really feel like I found myself, and when I found myself, I found the music along with it.
Lauren Alaina
I've been singing my entire life. The guitar came to me later on down the road.
Luke Combs
If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsover.
David Letterman
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a look at all the peoples in the world, we have to realize that the condition of women is very backward and sometimes very sad, from both the social and psychological points of view.
Dacia Maraini
I was brought up in a flat in North London - virtually the last building in London, because north of us was countryside all the way to the coast, and south of us was non-stop London for 20 miles.
Jim Crace
