M. J. Rose Quotes
I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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I'm saying, Come on, the global warming thing? How did the ice melt during the ice ages? Was the dinosaurs driving SUVs around back then?
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For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
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The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.
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It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.
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Music is about textures as well as melody.
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A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.
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My specialty as a collector is books that almost have value. When I love a book, I don't buy the first edition, because those have become incredibly expensive. But I might buy a beat-up copy of the second edition, third printing, which looks almost exactly the same as the first edition except that a couple of typos have been fixed.
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I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
