Lionel Shriver Quotes
The daughter of an ordained minister, I had been forced to go to church since I was a toddler. I hated church and resented being forced to recite the Apostle's Creed, mumbling, 'I believe... ' when I didn't.Lionel Shriver
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
Caitriona Balfe -
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
Walter Kaufmann -
I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
Ramez Naam -
I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
Pamela Hanson -
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
Edith Wharton
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
Randall Terry -
If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
Manoj Bhargava -
'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
S. E. Hinton -
My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
Taylor Swift -
We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
Ralph Steadman -
High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
Walter O'Brien
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Kabir Khan is a director who goes out of his way to make his actors comfortable. He's very chilled out. He makes the environment on set very casual and friendly.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
A. N. Wilson -
I didn't want to be an accountant; I found myself being a banker, which was a bit different. I went to university, and I was going to do a Ph.D. in the States, but I didn't get the funding for it, so I had two years where I had a bit of a wobble and didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I ended up working as a banker.
Owain Yeoman -
Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
Yael Grobglas -
I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
Ram Charan -
I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.
Adam Levine Maroon 5
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If you can't say it in three minutes, I don't want to know about it.
Art Alexakis -
No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.
Patrick Ness -
I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.
Mary Beth Patterson -
The secret of biography resides in finding the link between talent and achievement. A biography seems irrelevant if it doesnt discover the overlap between what the individual did and the life that made this possible. Without discovering that, you have shapeless happenings and gossip.
Leon Edel -
Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition.
Julia Bacha -
The daughter of an ordained minister, I had been forced to go to church since I was a toddler. I hated church and resented being forced to recite the Apostle's Creed, mumbling, 'I believe... ' when I didn't.
Lionel Shriver