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 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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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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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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Art is man’s metaphysical mirror; what a rational man seeks to see in that mirror is a salute; what an irrational man seeks to see is a justification – even if only a justification of his depravity, as a last convulsion of his betrayed self-esteem.
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Evidently, the governing standard is to be what might be called the unfettered wisdom of a majority of this Court, revealed to an obedient people on a case-by-case basis.
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It was a glaring omission, a sign of cosmic sloppiness. Not even that, Vasko corrected himself. It was a sign of cosmic obliviousness. The universe didn’t know what was happening here. It didn’t know and it didn’t care. It didn’t even know that it didn’t know.
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In peace time, that is to say, the size of the cake depends on the amount of work done. But in war time the size of the cake is fixed. If we work harder, we can fight better. But we must not consume more.
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When you get a blessing, you pass it on.
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When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.
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I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
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When I tell him that Im falling in loveWhy does he say'Hush, hush, keep it down now. Voices carry'?
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It's an absolute disgrace that there isn't a books programme on the BBC.
