Alice Thomas Ellis Quotes
The snag in being married to a person who knows more or less everything is that one gets hopelessly lazy. ... I never look things up in books because all I need to do is ask him, and when he gives me the answers I don't properly commit them to memory because I know if I forget all I have to do is to ask him again. It is rather like keeping one's brain in a suitcase.
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I was just so excited to have a child! I held him up like he was Simba in 'The Lion King.' I wanted to sing 'The Circle of Life.'
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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Becoming a tutor was among the many attractive post-collegiate side careers I failed to pursue while devoting the bulk of my days to writing fiction.
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The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.
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My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.
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I find shopping too stressful. I get hot and flustered and irritated and feel sick after I've bought something.
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I had more sexist encounters as a lawyer than I had as a journalist.
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The snag in being married to a person who knows more or less everything is that one gets hopelessly lazy. ... I never look things up in books because all I need to do is ask him, and when he gives me the answers I don't properly commit them to memory because I know if I forget all I have to do is to ask him again. It is rather like keeping one's brain in a suitcase.
