Nicola Cornick Quotes
When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If I did have a pen name, though, it would be something very historical - something that sounds very sort of Regency... Sophia something.Nicola Cornick
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
L'Wren Scott -
As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
Walter Salles -
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
Iris Chang -
I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
Laura Mennell
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
Fiona Apple -
There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
Octavia Spencer -
Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
Gavin Hood -
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers -
Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market.
Dana Rohrabacher -
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
Barbara Olson
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I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.
Irina Shayk -
I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Kate Walsh -
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
Salman Rushdie -
I used to work for a catering company - I waitressed for Harry Winston events. I remember being so hungry, I would eat when I was supposed to be catering to other people.
Karla Souza -
If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on Islam. The term had often been misused to point out how Muslims were different to others, and that is clearly problematic.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
You cannot run faster than a bullet.
Idi Amin
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'Game of Thrones' was a game-changer for Northern Ireland. There's going to be a massive gap when it goes.
Kristian Nairn -
I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.
Pat Nixon -
Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right away. If you work at it, you will improve.
Lauren Tarshis -
It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking.
David Longstreth -
There's nothing wrong in men of God going into politics. It will help them to do what is right.
T. B. Joshua -
When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If I did have a pen name, though, it would be something very historical - something that sounds very sort of Regency... Sophia something.
Nicola Cornick