Agatha Christie Quotes
Yes, a private investigator like my Wilbraham Rice. The public have taken very strongly to Wilbraham Rice. He bites his nails and eats a lot of bananas. I don’t know why I made him bite his nails to start with - it’s really rather disgusting - but there it is. He started by biting his nails, and now he has to do it in every single book. So monotonous.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
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I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.
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I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.
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I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
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Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.
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I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.
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I've never, ever taken a role for money purposes or for some bizarre notion of what may be the kind of career move that would open things up for me. If I don't believe in it, I can't do it because I won't be good in it if I don't believe in it.
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Yes, a private investigator like my Wilbraham Rice. The public have taken very strongly to Wilbraham Rice. He bites his nails and eats a lot of bananas. I don’t know why I made him bite his nails to start with - it’s really rather disgusting - but there it is. He started by biting his nails, and now he has to do it in every single book. So monotonous.
