Bernard Beckett Quotes
I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.
Bernard Beckett
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
P. J. O'Rourke
Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
Beck
I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.
Nanette Lepore
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
H. L. Mencken
I was involved in legislating dozens of laws, perhaps hundreds. But my glory didn't lie in legislative work, if there is any glory in it. The Israeli law books are full of laws that aren't enforced anyway.
Yossi Sarid
There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
Gail Collins
I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.
Shawn Mendes
Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
Nancy Lublin
I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'
Mae Whitman
I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then, in the late 1960s, they bought a cottage in a resort/trailer park in the Kawarthas region of Ontario, and we moved up there. I wrote a book about it in 2000 called 'Last Resort: Coming of Age in Cottage Country.'
Linwood Barclay
Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.
Gail Carriger
I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.
Bernard Beckett