Mariella Frostrup Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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I no longer run barefoot.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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I always have my Laura Mercier foundation and concealer with me, and I love the Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks. My favourite is shade 08, because it's just such a lovely natural colour with just a bit of pink to it.
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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It's very hard for me to go to the movies because I know all the tricks, and I know everybody. I don't watch many at all. And the ones I do watch are generally much older films.
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I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where you're losing your depth. You're only getting the very top of everything. It really bothers me.
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Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
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People don't want to give up their SUVs. They don't want to turn the thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer.
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I think the first 10 years of my daughter's life were my mother's happiest, because she could finally have carefree time with a kid.
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My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.
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It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking.
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I'm a lover of songs.
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Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.
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All that Shakespeare says of the king, yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself.
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I just think, as a species, what we people enjoy most is creation and creativity, and telling stories is an extension of expressing all the thoughts and ideas that we have inside of ourselves.
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Fortune is lavish with her favors, but not to be depended on. Nature on the other hand is self-sufficing, and therefore with her feebler but trustworthy resources she wins the greater meed of hope.
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Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on the substance of their people, for insurance companies to cheat the young and rob the old.
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Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.
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We had some guys that abandoned their technique and abandoned some of the things that we just worked a month on.
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It's an absolute disgrace that there isn't a books programme on the BBC.
