Joan Lingard Quotes

Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing. But the real key to success lies in finding the right characters to carry that story.

Joan Lingard

Recitation: by Male by Female

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SuccessRespectTimeWritingKey

I mean, the country was founded on free enterprise. There's good things about it, and there's obviously bad things about it.

Joan Cusack

GoodGood ThingsFreeBadCountry

I do often feel that the single greatest thing about my job is that I don't have a boss. I'm like an overweight Han Solo: I take orders from just one person - me.

John Niven

JobBossMeFeelPersonSingle

Politics is not a world for the squeamish or fainthearted.

Maurice Saatchi

PoliticsWorld

I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.

Matt Dillon

WorkFenceWhiteUpFiveWagon

In 2004, we had a great year, with Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Alistair Cook. Some groups are not quite as strong.

Andy Pick

GreatStrongYearCookSomeQuite

I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me - ever.

Amy Adams

GreatQualityPeopleMeRevenge

I like running, and I like boxing.

Stephanie Sigman

BoxingLikeRunning

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.

Trey Gowdy

GoodBelieveI BelieveTwoThings

I've always been a 'small goals' kind of guy.

Luke Combs

GoalsSmallKindAlwaysGuyBeen

What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

ChildrenEyesSimpleChildYouFind

It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.

Chuck Noll

FootballTeamYouLoseWholeYour

It's crazy how a whole lot of African artists work. Big respect to everyone that does it, but I have not heard anything that really cuts across. We're trying to do that.

WizKid

WorkRespectCrazyTryingAnything

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