Sue Townsend Quotes

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.'

Sue Townsend

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 2, 1946 - April 10, 2014

Topics

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Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.

Jerry Lewis

FunnyWomanManHandsDreamFalling

Since grade school, I focused on women's clothing.

Melissa McCarthy

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I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.

Anderson Cooper

FearlessThinkLongPrettyLastWho

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.

John Lydon

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I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

Steve Martin

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Remembering people is the most fundamental gesture of love and respect. For me, there are people in my life who are no longer with me, who have died, who are with me as much as any living person because I remember everything about them. My great-uncle, who I got a lot of guidance in life from, meant so much to me.

Tom Reiss

LifeLoveRespectPeopleMeMy Life

Unfortunately, bureaucratic problems at the federal level are causing many other small Washington companies to be denied federal funding that would help transfer their ideas from their laboratories into our homes and hospitals.

Jay Inslee

IdeasSmallProblemsHelpWashington

No one wants to see or read about a dull subject. I don't consider myself a dull subject.

Jayne Mansfield

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They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night?

Johnny Van Zant

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I've got a lot of issues. I've got a whole lot of daddy issues.

Derek Mears

DaddyGotWholeIssuesLot

As a society, we're failing. In so many ways. Such high incarceration rates of underrepresented minorities ultimately means we're missing out on great potential from black and Latino communities. Yes, there's immense talent brewing even within the most impoverished neighborhoods. Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.

Christine Tsai

OpportunityGreatTalentSocietyOut

I would like to play every day. Whether or not that happens, we'll see.

Brian Jordan

DayEvery DayPlaySeeLikeHappens

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