Jill Paton Walsh Quotes

I think that novels are tools of thought. They are moral philosophy with the theory left out, with just the examples of the moral situations left standing.

Jill Paton Walsh

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I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for.

Joan Armatrading

ChangeMusicPeopleLookEarlyTry

Opinion pages have an impact on public debate, and they sometimes reveal things the government would rather have kept quiet.

Andrew Rosenthal

GovernmentOpinionImpactQuiet

I wouldn't want to be in a Lisa episode. They're kind of boring. Maybe a Homer one would be better.

Meg White

BetterWantKindBoringWouldMaybe

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.

Anna Freud

BeautifulPresentSometimesSomething

I think I could probably make $5 to $10m movies for a very long time and live a perfectly good life doing it. I'd probably get paid as well as a surgeon, which is pretty damn remarkable for a guy who went to film school.

Jeff Nichols

LifeGoodLiveTimeSchoolThink

It is one of the most important parts of my job, showing that you can't do it all.

Angela Ahrendts

JobYouImportantThe Most Important

I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

PeopleListeningGuitarLearnMouth

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Miguel de Cervantes

MotherExperienceBelieveTrueMany

I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.

Michelle Pfeiffer

DressPressureFeelYouUniform

I don't get the IMDb... I've called them several times myself and said, 'Guys, look... ' I've given them specific titles that should not be on there. But they won't take them down.

Michael Madsen

MyselfLookDownSaidTakeGet

There's the soundtrack to The French Connection II'I think It's my favorite soundtrack. It hasn't been released. I actually had to go and get the film and just make a recording of it to get the music.

Jonny Greenwood

MusicThinkConnectionGoFilmGet

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

Dawn French

AgeMyselfMeSizeWhateverBeen

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