Kate Mosse Quotes
I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.
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I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful leader.
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If I had a dream it would be to think, What would it be like for everybody to have the kind of health care I had? What would that feel like? How would that be, to live in that world? Because I'll tell you, to be really, really sick, and to not have money. That is terrifying. And in my opinion, a travesty.
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History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in the name of righteousness and the public good, and few which have not been directed, as they are now, at politically helpless minorities.
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There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness."
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
