Taylor Caldwell Quotes
I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.
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I am very lucky to be surrounded and guided by an incredible support team comprised of my family and agents.
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Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.
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And that's the way it is.
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'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
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Scotland's political identity was destroyed, and a huge Scottish emigration to North America followed the brutal Highland clearances. These included every layer of Scottish society, not just the remnants of the defeated clans.
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I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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It's funny because everyone says, 'Oh you're reclusive; you don't do social media,' but it's not about being reclusive. I like direct contact, and I like contact that's purposeful.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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People review my comic books. People review every article I write - 'The Atlantic' even publishes them. A great deal of the critique of 'Between the World and Me' was from a feminist perspective. bell hooks pushed back, among others. Some of that has value. Some of it does not. I try my best to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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Once in a while, I still witness occasionally sexist behavior and comments from men (which experience has taught me you should always deflect with humour rather than anger). Old habits die hard, after all, and it's unrealistic to expect dinosaurs to fall silent overnight.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.
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My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
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The way deals are done, every idea is looked at 50 different ways. Now, the market continues to change all the time. And we are always looking at everything in evaluating how it fits with our strategy.
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I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.
