Mariella Frostrup Quotes
I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic.
Quotes to Explore
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In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
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It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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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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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!
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We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.
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Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.
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A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.
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I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic.
