Claire Tomalin Quotes

I had forgotten until I looked up old notes that I sold the film rights of my first book, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft: there was a lunch, a contract, a small sum of money, then nothing.

Claire Tomalin

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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Dale Carnegie
- Life
- Attention
- Never
I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.

Zach Braff
- Think
- Way
- Part
To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.

D. J. MacHale
- Good
- End
- Mystery
The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.

Pat Conroy
- Great
- Day
- Childhood
You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

J. Martin Kohe
- You
- Day
- Everyday
One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.

B. Carroll Reece
- Work
- Own
- Work Hard