Malcolm Bradbury Quotes
'We got a course in picknicking at the university,' said Dr. Bourbon. 'It's called Geology, but it's really picknicking.'Malcolm Bradbury
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When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.
Ted Yoho -
Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
Ted Yoho -
Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
Camille Pissarro -
I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.
Harlan Coben -
Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
Paddy Ashdown
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
Rachel McAdams -
Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.
Barack Obama -
Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
I do loads of squats with weights. It's great for your bum and legs.
Fleur East -
I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.
Frances McDormand -
With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold.
D. B. Sweeney
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The people will live on. The learning and blundering people will live on. They will be tricked and sold and again sold. And go back to the nourishing earth for rootholds.
Carl Sandburg -
When you fell in the sea, you should have heard them cheer. I made them rope the yard and fish you up. I said a ducking in water washes the witch-skill out of a woman until next full moon, and it would be bad luck to let you drown. How about that for a clever story? They’d believe anything if you make it sound silly enough.
Tanith Lee -
KISS is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.
Gene Klein Kiss -
During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.
Brandon Jennings -
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
Mason Cooley -
I love making music, though. I love playing.
Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.
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When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.
John Hawkes -
In a bubble, anyone who argues pessimistically is seen as crazy.
Kenneth Fisher -
You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.
Scott Adams -
The image that comes to mind when I think of 'Nip/Tuck,' is I literally picture a nail just getting driven through wood. You know what I mean? Just getting absolutely bashed through a two by four.
John Hensley -
Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec -
'We got a course in picknicking at the university,' said Dr. Bourbon. 'It's called Geology, but it's really picknicking.'
Malcolm Bradbury