Jim Crace Quotes

Good old-fashioned, puritanical work guilt is, for me, a better colleague than any Muse. If I reach my weekly word target by Friday afternoon, then the weekend is guilt-free.

Jim Crace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 1, 1946

Topics

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The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men.

Joe Frazier

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When you're 89, dementia develops. I mean, I've told a story onstage, and I'm telling it with a full heart, and I forgot the damn punch line.

Jerry Lewis

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If you want to be a powerful woman, you need money. It gives you options and freedom so you don't have to think about money all the time.

Jen Sincero

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The characters in 'Be Near Me' come from a genuine place, a Britain that is more than one country and more than one ideal.

Andrew O'Hagan

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I am proud to be an American Citizen.

Robert Purvis

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Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

Tsai Ing-wen

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If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, very difficult time, you're going to have to look pretty hard to find a profession that gives you more opportunities than the funeral business.

Steve Southerland

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Without science fiction, without the influence these books have had on me over the years, I'm not sure I would care much about reading or writing today.

Robin Sloan

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When you start reading a piece together, you get a sense of someone's basic philosophy of music without saying a word. You realize the other person's approach, how they express themselves, the kind of restraint they show, all those things.

Joshua Bell

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There seems to be a sense in the British media that prime ministers enjoy going to war. They do not. The decision to send British soldiers into battle is the worst and most stomach-churning senior politicians have to take. It makes them wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worrying if they have done the right thing.

Jonathan Powell

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I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful.

Christopher Lee

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I've been put up in great hotels from a very young age, so I've been spoilt. What I can't stand is when I arrive somewhere and the room isn't ready. You call housekeeping, and it takes them three hours to get the room into shape. I'm afraid to say that the Hilton in London was not too good on that score.

Brigitte Nielsen

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