Judith Tarr Quotes
I like going back in time and writing historical fantasy. I use some real historical characters as a background to give depth to the fantasy. And I throw my fictional characters into the midst of this, and, so far, it has turned out interesting.Judith Tarr
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Mahatma Gandhi -
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie -
You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.
Karl Malone -
Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
Kate Adie -
Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
Zoltan Kodaly -
An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
Samuel Alexander
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Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
G. Willow Wilson -
You have to do things right to stay in business, and that's not easy, and that's a choice on a daily basis, the choices you make in how to run your business and how to have a point of differentiation and how to be true to your brand, how to offer something that people want and to offer something that you love.
Venus Williams -
A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm too old for the silly party, so I had to join the stupid party.
P. J. O'Rourke -
What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
Paolo Sorrentino -
In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.
Hannah Kent -
I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.
Tammin Sursok -
My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
Salma Hayek -
When my father died in my arms it had such a profound affect on me that at that very moment when my dad passed I realized that I needed to face my own fears.
Criss Angel -
A frowning face can't bring out the beauty that you are.
Stevie Wonder -
I have men in my life. I have a brother. So Maddox will have male teachers. I was raised without a father.
Angelina Jolie -
With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.
J. K. Simmons -
The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.
Lao Tzu -
Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.
Cecil Beaton -
I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.
Waris Ahluwalia -
I like going back in time and writing historical fantasy. I use some real historical characters as a background to give depth to the fantasy. And I throw my fictional characters into the midst of this, and, so far, it has turned out interesting.
Judith Tarr