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 -
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 -
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 -
You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
J. Martin Kohe -
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 -
The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
Gary Bettman
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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.
J. B. Smoove -
I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
Kate McKinnon -
Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
Vincent Canby -
You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
Rand Paul -
'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
Adam McKay -
Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
Vidya Balan
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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.
Kaley Cuoco -
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
Taylor Hackford -
Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
Malala Yousafzai -
What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
T. C. Boyle -
I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14.
Iman -
You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.
Faye Dunaway
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My voice is stronger today than ever.
Shania Twain -
As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
Francesca Annis -
You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.
Kenny Chesney -
Usually, I'll drop twenty to forty per cent of the dialogue - you can do so much with gesture. I'm still waiting to do a silent film.
Ben Foster -
One of the biggest hurdles about Foursquare is you need to remember to use it.
Dennis Crowley -
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