Anne Sebba Quotes
When I was ten, I caught glandular fever and had to have a year off school. My parents arranged for a tutor to keep me on track with my studies.
Anne Sebba
Quotes to Explore
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
Samuel Adams
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
Larry Bird
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It's not hard to find a new husband, but someone who is, for an example, a good bridge partner for you comes along once in a lifetime.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
J. D. Souther
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
Pat Metheny
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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The rich are different. Their wants are very high maintenance. They'll pick eye color and hair color, all the way down to what she does for a living, what school she went to. Their list can be extremely long. But at the end of the day, dating is dating, because they're human beings.
Patti Stanger
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In today's world, everyone's so clued into their iPhones, and communication is going by the wayside as far as one-on-one is concerned. It's very seldom that I walk into a room and parents make their children say hello and have a social grace with one another.
Phyllis Smith
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When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.
T Bone Burnett
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I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual.
Oscar Wilde
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I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.
Steve Martin
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When I was ten, I caught glandular fever and had to have a year off school. My parents arranged for a tutor to keep me on track with my studies.
Anne Sebba