Alasdair MacLean Quotes
There's nobody on a normal income who can afford to live anywhere centrally, so everything becomes displaced and decentralized. The city of London becomes incongruent. It doesn't have any coherence anymore.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
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I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take my clothes off.'
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I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.
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People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.
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A dermatologist you trust is your greatest weapon.
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I think the whole '2112' album took somewhere around a week to do.
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I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I've been fortunate enough to travel to Edinburgh a few times over the last few years, and I just loved the city. I find it one of the more beautiful cities in Europe.
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I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago.
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I think an artist has the potential to investigate both form and content within one activity, to show that there can be coherence between form and values in our society, as in thinking about a city and building one.
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There's nobody on a normal income who can afford to live anywhere centrally, so everything becomes displaced and decentralized. The city of London becomes incongruent. It doesn't have any coherence anymore.
