Nicholas Thorburn Quotes
Thankfully, I'm not put in a position where I'm made to feel like I can't live my life.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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Kuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it's got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It's not pretty. But it's striking, I'll give it that. It's not as over-the-top as Abu Dhabi or Dubai. But nearly.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart!Though day is bright,The stars can only shineIn the dark night.Be strong, O Heart of mine,Look towards the light!
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Karaoke bars are devil worship!
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A few years ago, I fell in love with a man before realising he was married.
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Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' became iconic almost immediately after appearing in 1960: best-seller status; the Pulitzer Prize the next year; a classic movie soon after, with Gregory Peck in an Academy Award-winning role.
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
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Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.
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Yes, I will put it out there - I will work for anyone for free if they're prepared to make their clothing Fair Trade and organic. It's really hard to get people interested in it.
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Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
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As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.
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Every record is a gate of a certain kind for me.
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It is in the long run that the corporation lives.
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'A Reply to Professor Haldane' (1946), published posthumously in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1966)
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You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life.
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It's a professional military. You sign up and agree to allow your countrymen to use your life as they see fit for the next four years. And I think we all should have a greater role in ensuring that we use those lives wisely.
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We sit down with the kids every single night, not that I want to every night - sometimes I'd rather be out with my husband having a martini at a swanky restaurant - but we sit down with our kids every night at dinner.
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Thankfully, I'm not put in a position where I'm made to feel like I can't live my life.
