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.
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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.
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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.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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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.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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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.
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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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.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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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.
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You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
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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.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
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I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. I thought that this electric typewriter was about the most fascinating toy in the world - I liked the little bell and the sounds and the feel of the keys and especially the erase key.
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I've never been a particular fan of any genre.
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I don't think I set out to have a career in female groups, but it's just kind of happened, and by nature of having worked with my sister - growing up with a sister who also plays, and being in communication with other female musicians.
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There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off.
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I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased - short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.
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Football is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place, and to play the game, and these are the best of training for any game of life.
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I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.
