Anthony Burgess Quotes
…Novello should be extremely grateful that his innubile daughter was being taken off his hands by a Tasca.Anthony Burgess
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
Tammy Duckworth -
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.
Patricia Highsmith -
Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
Patrick McGoohan -
I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
Zoe Foster Blake -
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
Tanith Lee
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
Garth Brooks -
The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.
Manny Farber -
Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
Kate Thompson -
The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
Maeve Binchy -
I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
Maggie Hassan -
I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
Malorie Blackman
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
Malcolm Gladwell -
When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
Taya Kyle -
My favourite flowers are English country roses - I had a bouquet of them for my wedding.
Kate Moss -
Post 9/11, brown people had this force pushing us together. It's like we're all being looked at with fear and suspicion; we're all being targeted, so how do you support yourself and your communities?
Hari Kondabolu -
If we misuse the gift of sexuality, we're going to suffer the consequences, and I firmly believe we are suffering the consequences.
Salvatore J. Cordileone -
I grew up with the idea of the cyborg and the robot, but at the same time I felt this intense disconnection between the things I was engaged with and inspired by in terms of fun and play. It seemed like paintings and drawings were so static.
Aaron Koblin
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I hate singers, a miserable crew who think that music exists only in their own throats.
George Bernard Shaw -
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
W. S. Gilbert -
I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
Zhang Xin -
Part of Obamacare eliminated the private sector financial market that engages in giving college student loans. I mean, now the federal government has taken over college student loans, so I sit back and strategically look at this and say this just cannot be happening.
Allen West -
I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
Pat Buchanan -
…Novello should be extremely grateful that his innubile daughter was being taken off his hands by a Tasca.
Anthony Burgess