Jenny Nimmo Quotes

I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture.

Jenny Nimmo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 15, 1944

Topics

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Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six.

Andie MacDowell

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I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

John Hurt

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'Old Dominion' is the nickname for the state of Virginia, and four of us have ties to Virginia.

Matthew Ramsey

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I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.

Tori Amos

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I don't have a family. I'd like to have one. I just haven't somehow gotten around to it yet.

Trent Reznor

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The most stupid religion is Islam.

Michel Houellebecq

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I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

Michael Palin

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There's a woman I see who's not my therapist, but she's like an old friend who's a therapist in profession. She lets me talk to her like a therapist once in a while, and she does a great thing. Whenever I have a big dilemma, like this is a big problem in my life, she always says, 'Wow, you're going to have to figure that out.'

Louis C. K.

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Most of my friends are non-cyclists. They are interested and proud of my achievements, but, equally, if I stopped tomorrow, they wouldn't say much about it!

Lizzie Armitstead

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I feel like nowadays everybody I know has a smidge of geek in them. In other words, they have some odd niche or some obsessive tendencies.

Josh Zuckerman

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Playing 4-5-1, I could have all the liberty in the world - it was complicated to express myself.

Dimitri Payet

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With the support and dedication from employees at every level of the company, we've been successful in expanding supplier diversity in many areas, including traditionally challenging areas such as construction services, legal and professional services.

Debra L. Reed

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