Belva Plain Quotes

I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.

Belva Plain

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I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.

Rainey Qualley
- Mom
- Childhood
- Acting
We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

Mahatma Gandhi
- May
- Fall
- Battle
If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.

Laura Linney
- Long
- Done
- Job
I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.

Vicki Lawrence
- Up
- Study
- Rich
Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.

Samantha Power
- Decision
- Military
- Force
My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac.

Umberto Eco