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.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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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.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.
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I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
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Here in Washington State, I've supported efforts to provide our law enforcement with the proper training and resources required to meet their changing and demanding needs of their job. In doing so, I feel that the community and the law enforcement relationship will gratefully benefit from a renewed sense of responsibility and accountability.
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I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me.
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A body of work may be reviled - mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings - and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.
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We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.
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I hate flying. I literally cry in the airport sometimes. I didn't used to; the more I fly, the worse it gets. It's weird!
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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.
