Nicholas Fairbairn Quotes
A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of wine and allowed veritas to overcome him, went up to the Prime Minister and told her he had always fancied her, to which the Prime Minister replied, "Quite right - you have very good taste but I just don't think you would make it at the moment.
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I've directed independent film.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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I was lucky enough to go see Steve Jobs with Marc Benioff. We were talking about the iPad, and one of the things Jobs said - and it was a little self-serving - was go and build your iPad app, and that is going to change the way you think about your online app, and you will go back, and you will redo your online app. I believe that.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.
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Drama class was one of the only areas at school I responded to.
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Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up.
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Taste, of which the proverb says there should be no dispute, is precisely the subject which needs discussion.
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To be believed make the truth unbelievable.
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Most English writers are not interested in change but in the social novel. That demands a static backdrop. I'm intensely interested in change - probably as a matter of self-preservation. What the hell is going to happen next?
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They say in the darkest night there is a light beyond
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A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of wine and allowed veritas to overcome him, went up to the Prime Minister and told her he had always fancied her, to which the Prime Minister replied, "Quite right - you have very good taste but I just don't think you would make it at the moment.
