Agatha Christie Quotes
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.
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I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.
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I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am on.
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I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.
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Poverty leads to hardship and failure.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk.
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But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
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Just let your skin breathe.
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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.
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It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
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There are 36 ways to tell this story. And all of them are disgusting.
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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
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There are new challenges every day when starting a business and growing a brand, but I'm fortunate to have an amazing team that is always willing to work hard and navigate through whatever obstacle comes our way.
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Honestly, my focus is completely on the progress we're making, we fully support the decision that was made regarding that employee.
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There's no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you - unless your potion is hard work.
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My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us.
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Skating is in my heart, not my head
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Murder isn’t - it really isn’t - a thing to tamper with lightheartedly.
