Ken Follett Quotes
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.Ken Follett
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
Jack Straw -
I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
Damien Hirst -
I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
Yann Tiersen -
I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
Ian Somerhalder -
Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
Walter Dean Myers -
I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
Sam Wyly
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At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
Padgett Powell -
Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
Venus Williams -
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
Cai Guo-Qiang -
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
Patrick Schwarzenegger -
Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
Ram Charan -
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
Carlene Carter -
I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
Patrick Whitesell -
I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.
Garth Brooks -
Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
Park Geun-hye -
An outsider's point of view is always handy.
Pat Oliphant -
My family and friends were definitely the key to my recovery. One thing that I do suggest is that anyone dealing with a life-threatening illness like cancer choose a point person for people to call to find out how you are doing - a sister, brother, mother, father, daughter, son, or close friend.
Olivia Newton-John
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I've been a free man.
V. S. Naipaul -
What a falsehood it is to say that genius and industry are incompatible ! Does one work of genius exist that has not also been a work of labour ?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon -
I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. Their healthcare bill - more mandates, higher costs, higher taxes.
John Boehner -
The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn -
You can either ask the question or experience the answer.
Sri Bhagavan -
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.
Ken Follett