Jim Crace Quotes

If I talk about my father's funeral, as I did when I was promoting the last novel, 'Being Dead,' I'm not going to tell any lies, but there are certain things I'm not going to tell you, and I'm certainly not going to tell my grief.

Jim Crace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherGriefYouTalkDeadTell

I wanted to be in the police force, a teacher, a judge, lawyer, doctor, and other jobs. Of course, my mind changed as I started to face reality.

Ji Chang-wook

TeacherPoliceMindDoctorLawyer

I did five movies in Australia, I did three films in Germany, this is the fourth film I've done here in the UK, I've done a bunch of films in Canada.

Joel Silver

CanadaDoneThreeMoviesAustralia

I've always been a guy that's liked a crowd and having people around cheering for me. I'm not a guy that will keep his head down or respond negatively to boos or whatever.

Matt Kuchar

PeopleMeDownWillWhateverHead

How can I tell my daughter when she grows up to aspire to be what she wants to be if I am too scared to hop back in the ring because of what some people have said about me?

Sonny Bill Williams

DaughterI AmPeopleMeBackSaid

I learned always to follow your heart.

Tori Bowie

HeartFollow Your HeartFollowAlways

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely.

Rita Dove

BookLibraryChooseFeelingPlace

Most white people cannot answer the question, 'What does it mean to be white?' with any depth or complexity.

Robin DiAngelo

PeopleWhiteMeanQuestionDepth

I'm sure people see me as quiet and someone who keeps things to himself a little bit. I might be quiet, but there's a lot of fire inside me, and hopefully people see that sometimes.

Luke Donald

FirePeopleMeSomeoneQuietSee

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

Lorna Luft

MotherDeathLooking ForwardForward

I feel extremely guilty that I've had to put team-mates through extra media questions.

Lizzie Armitstead

FeelQuestionsMediaGuiltyThrough

Anything can go wrong, but you can't think about it all the time. You have to enjoy every moment.

JoJo Siwa

TimeMomentThinkEnjoyYouWrong

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.

Donald Rumsfeld

ResponsibilityDecisionPressureYou

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