Antonia Fraser Quotes
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.
Quotes to Explore
-
The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
-
I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
-
It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
-
Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
-
I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
-
The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
-
The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
-
I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
-
I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
-
I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
-
Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
-
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
-
I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
-
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
-
I am not afraid to go to jail.
-
The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
-
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
-
It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
-
My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.
-
I'm a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
-
They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation.
-
I'm not an ardent feminist - well, maybe I am an ardent feminist. I just roll my eyes at the way women are constantly used and how sensitive men are about photographs of themselves.
-
I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
-
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.
