William Trevor Quotes
I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbor and playing in the beautiful parks.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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My mother has a tremendous amount of pride and self-respect. She won't take assistance from anybody.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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I've read that an average dog possesses a vocabulary of 200-300 words, which is enough for him to have his own Twitter account.
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It was all encompassing and so hard for me to do any classes or take up any hobbies - I'd wake up with this gnawing feeling in my stomach that I wasn't doing what I was meant to do.
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There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.
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Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.
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I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.
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Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.
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“Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors.”
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I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither.
