Sara Paretsky Quotes
You have to be a ruthless editor of your own prose. Over the years, I've learned that the best way to incorporate research into the narrative is to turn it into action.Sara Paretsky
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
Olly Murs -
I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I've always been fond of acoustic music.
Ian Anderson -
I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
Kajal Aggarwal -
I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
Sally Phillips -
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
A. A. Milne
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Betty Shabazz was the wife of a man who challenged a government that was historically unjust. She was harassed and placed under surveillance by the Nation of Islam (NOI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Ilyasah Shabazz -
The writer is all alone.
V. S. Naipaul -
I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
Daniel Gillies -
Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
Ted Danson
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A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.
Kate Middleton -
After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.
Venus Williams -
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
Carl Sandburg -
My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.
Karin Slaughter -
What's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.
Karl Marx -
Knowledge, surely, is always of time, whereas knowing is not of time. Knowledge is from a source, from accumulation, from conclusion, while knowing is a movement.
Bruce Lee
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
Tacitus -
Especially in the first 10-15 years, your regular resume is not an authentic representation of you - you don't really have that many notches on your belt, so to speak. In a super-competitive job environment, you need to be able to tell a multi-dimensional story about who you are as a person.
Caroline Ghosn -
In Brooklyn, all the kids call me the 'Willy Wonka of the Hood.'
Jidenna Theodore Mobisson -
There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil society.
Beji Caid Essebsi -
Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
Irvine Welsh -
You have to be a ruthless editor of your own prose. Over the years, I've learned that the best way to incorporate research into the narrative is to turn it into action.
Sara Paretsky