Sophie Hannah Quotes

When my children were very young, I was slated to go on a business trip. When it was nearly canceled, I decided I wouldn't tell anyone and go off for a week's vacation anyway. In the end, the trip went off as planned. But I was intrigued by the idea of an illicit holiday.

Sophie Hannah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: 1971

Topics

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I've always wanted to do this, so it really is a dream come true.

Jeri Ryan

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For a young person, anybody who's sorting out and trying to make a life for himself or herself, to have the opportunity each day to set down - sit down and then set down thoughts, words - it's a crucial, crucial way of staying alive, of not allowing yourself and not allowing the culture outside yourself to totally dominate your life.

John Edgar Wideman

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My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena.

Andres Serrano

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Perhaps resigning from her first term in office may hurt Mrs. Palin's attempts to run for higher office. Even I, a Palin supporter, now have qualms about her seeking higher office.

Andrew Breitbart

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For instance, some early ideas for Florida were done only recently. The idea of a little village was there from the beginning and now we have this 'Celebration' village. Same thing for the Disney Institute. Walt talked about this idea in the very first.

John Hench

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I wanted to show life and to see ourselves and our behaviour through an outsider's eye... from the point of view of someone who knows nothing about being a human being... He doesn't have the feelings that the rest of us do.

Jeff Lindsay

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Looking out at the photographic landscape that surrounds us - the world of images and image-making that we inhabit - it seems obvious that photography has undergone dramatic changes in its technical, cultural, and critical composition.

Trevor Paglen

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The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food.

Jules Verne

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In Canada, the only weapons you have are for hunting.

Diego Klattenhoff

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Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability.

Arthur C. Nielsen

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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

William Hazlitt

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I think we're heading towards a world of what I call 'technological socialism.' Where technology - not the government or the state - will begin to take care of us. Technology will provide our healthcare for free. The best education in the world - for free.

Peter Diamandis

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