John Burnside Quotes

When I was ten years old, my family left a cold, damp prefab in West Fife and moved to Corby, Northamptonshire, where my father quickly found work at what was then the Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: March 19, 1955

Topics

WorkFamilyFatherColdOldYears

I've always fancied being a bit of warrior, on a horse swinging a sword around, sorting out the men... Oh yes, that sounds lovely.

Maxine Peake

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I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

Robert Stack

GoodPoliceGolfBadPlayLike

But I don't work out. I pay people to do that for me.

Robert Goulet

WorkPeopleMePayOutWork Out

I was obsessed with the idea that no two sounds on 'Oxygene' should ever be exactly the same. I wanted a heartbeat feel, something human.

Jean-Michel Jarre

FeelHumanTwoSameSomethingIdea

If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.

Amanda Peet

FunnyWomenThinkYouJewishWho

We work crazy hours in Silicon Valley; my wife says we're all kind of diseased in some way. We're totally obsessive compulsive - when we see an idea, we're like, 'let me in, it's so much fun.'

Tony Fadell

WorkWifeFunMeCrazyKind

It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.

Robert Wilson

NewImportantSomethingTraditional

I usually stay in on Sunday nights. I'm not much of a party person.

Robert Wilson

SundayPartyPersonStayMuch

If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.

Mike Gordon

PurposeThinkYouPlayRadioWell

My dad plays guitar in the church band, so it's like music as a service. He plays at old-people homes, so that's like music as a gift.

Lucy Dacus

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No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.

Dmitri Mendeleev

NatureLawRecognitionAlwaysBeen

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive.

Dom DeLuise

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