Simon Mawer Quotes
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My daughter Mira's first media experience was with the first-generation iPad more than five years ago. Her speech therapist used this with her to encourage her to talk, as she was speech delayed. I watched as she immediately navigated the iPad naturally, with such ease.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
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At any given moment, it's not about where we are supposed to be. It's about what work, which relationship, what decision I take. Every moment counts. Every decision counts. And if we look at our decisions in life as such, we stop battling and start winning.
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I like performing in front of big crowds.
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My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance.
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I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.
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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
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When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.
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The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.
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Man does not live by words alone, in spite of the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
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My dad wanted me to play football so bad, he took me to Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta because they were number one. They never lost.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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I want to be someone who can be a role model to kids - and to everyone, for that matter.
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I am most attached to my mother, who always travels with me when I am on an outdoor location or abroad. She is my friend, who I share everything with.
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Severus Snape wasn't yours," said Harry. "Snape was Dumbledores, Dumbledores from the moment you started hunting down my mother.
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Pundits always have something to write about; the novelist just has a blank screen.
