Anthony Trollope Quotes
Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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I will keep working hard!
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I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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I have a great office.
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I'm still having fun, and I'm doing something and I'm seeing the world! I wasn't massively ambitious, but I did always want to do the best I could do.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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What worries me is the professionalism of everything.
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I want to do one thing and do it well.
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I'm not a purist - I like films that are narrated and films that aren't, films that are beautiful and films that are clumsy but heartfelt. Mostly, I just like a good story and good characters.
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I work out every day.
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Suicide is a serious thing. And if you know anyone who is suicidal, you need to get them help. No one should be in pain. Everyone should love themselves.
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You get a feeling on certain trails, when you're reacting like you and your machine are just one thing. It's the feeling of physical exertion and speed and technique all wrapped into one.
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Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
