Linda Grant Quotes
I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.Linda Grant
Quotes to Explore
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that.
Raf Simons -
I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
Sam Heughan -
As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
Famke Janssen -
We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
Ted Deutch -
Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
Gary Oldman
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
Dakota Fanning -
I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
Hamilton Jordan -
I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
Action Bronson -
Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.'
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
Daniel Barenboim -
Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture.
Adam Cohen
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
Karl Lagerfeld -
No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.
Paloma Faith -
I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.
T. Berry Brazelton -
My parents gave me a boxer puppy as a present. I have wanted a dog for years and must first give her attention in the morning.
Natalie du Toit -
An overview of all wars since the establishment of the Bank of England in 1694 suggests that most of them would have been greatly reduced in severity, or perhaps not even fought at all, without fiat money.
G. Edward Griffin
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When you want the belt, you have to work for it.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Oh, baby don't give up on us.I know your heart is full of doubt,You don't need to be withoutThese loving arms.I'll hold you through your darkest hourI'll be using all my power,So I can reach you.Oh my love, don't give up on us.
Sarah McLachlan -
There are a lot of artists that I love, and I think they're really talented, and they're good dancers as well. I've always wished that I could combine that.
Agnetha Faltskog -
I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.
Linda Grant