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Joanne Harris Quotes

In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: July 3, 1964

Topics

Work Criticism Literature Person Wit

Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention.

Brother Growing Up Attention Growing

I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.

John Catsimatidis

Business Believe I Believe Well

I find myself using the word 'executives' now.

Myself Find Now Word Executives

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

Personality I Am Party Way More

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

Money Song My Own More Write Own

It's not until they tell you you're going to die soon that you realise how short life is.

Stefan Karl Stefansson

Life Short Die You Tell Going

But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.

Stephan Jenkins

Think First Out Going Sell Records

For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays about growing up as her child, but I never could finish any of them. I think I was too close to that loss, and too eager to try and resolve things, to make her death make sense.

Mother Death Child Growing Up Think

I operate on the assumption that as a member of Congress, presently, I represent everybody - Republicans, Democrats, independents and, yes, some people who don't care to participate.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

People Care Congress Some People Yes

Almost without exception, President Obama begins serious policy discussions by explaining why everyone else is wrong. After he assigns straw men to your views, he enthusiastically attempts to knock them down with a theatrically earnest re-litigation of what you've missed about his brilliance.

Mitch McConnell

Men You Down Wrong Serious Why

If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Tolerance Country Uniform Need Zero

I was always good at math, but I was good at everything. It sounds obnoxious, but I was just smart. In school, it's kind of obvious when you're learning things faster than other kids.

Learning Good School Smart You Kind

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