Rose Tremain Quotes

Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn.

Rose Tremain

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• I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Life
  • Family
  • Happy

• We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now.

  

  Kaki King
  • Important
  • Universe
  • Moment

• I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

  

  Naturi Naughton 3LW
  • Important
  • Live
  • Dream

• The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.

  

  Hailey Bieber
  • Life
  • Live
  • Personal

• I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Life
  • Today
  • Child

• I am and will always be a Laker for life.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Life
  • Laker

• I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.

  

  Harold E. Varmus
  • Life
  • Different
  • Future

• Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Life
  • Men
  • Women

• Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

  

  Fatos Nano
  • Important
  • Free
  • Fair

• You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Life
  • Done
  • Why

• You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Life
  • God
  • Detail

• Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Life
  • Challenges

• If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.

  

  Nathan Wolfe
  • Life
  • Time
  • Trying

• In your imagination, you can perfect things in a way you can't do in your everyday life.

  

  Washed Out
  • Life
  • Perfect
  • Imagination

• Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Life
  • Real
  • Movie

• Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.

  

  Zarin Mehta
  • People
  • Life
  • Past

• Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person's life.

  

  Eavan Boland
  • Life
  • Poetry
  • Language

• I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Life
  • Music
  • Playing

• Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Life
  • God
  • Power

• There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Money
  • Band
  • Best

• You learn from your mistakes, or you go backward. I'm the kind of person who wants to move forward.

  

  Ndamukong Suh

• 'Show off' was no insult in our family, but Arty had a way of turning 'sweetheart' into a thumb in the eye.

  

  Katherine Dunn
  • Family

• We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women!

  

  Burt Ward
  • Women
  • Profound

• Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn.

  

  Rose Tremain
  • Life
  • Important
  • Acceptance