Alison Owen Quotes
When my parents met, my mother was a waitress and my father was a dockyard worker. They were part of that post-war better-yourself generation, so they both went to night school.
Alison Owen
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
Carla Bley
You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
Florence Welch
Florence and the Machine
I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
Mackenzie Astin
As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
Maggie Hassan
I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
Karen Handel
Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
Uma Thurman
How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
Magnus Larsson
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
Dan Stevens
I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion.
Naomie Harris
I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
Madchen Amick
I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
Halima Aden
Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
Oriana Fallaci
I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
Zane Grey
My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
Kate Walsh
People come up and say, 'Hey, I know you!' They're middle-aged women and big burly guys. They say, 'Don't tell anyone, but I watch Felicity, and I think it's great.'
Ian Gomez
Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
Randy Newman
I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are.
A. S. Byatt
I'm the reason why I'm overweight. No one made me do it. I did it.
Neil Cavuto
