Sue Townsend Quotes

When I was a child, I dreaded blindness. We used to ask: 'Would we rather be blind or deaf?' I said I'd rather be blind, even though I was scared of it. I couldn't bear not being able to hear music or talk to people.

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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My dad played a little bit of piano and guitar, but not that professionally. I saw him play, and I said, 'I want to play. I want to try this instrument.'

Joey Alexander

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I'll never retire. I like what I'm doing.

John Paul DeJoria

DoingNeverRetireLike

I used to love the 'Star Trek' movies, 'Wrath of Khan' and stuff like that. Loved those movies when I was a kid. And 'Star Wars' obviously was hands-down probably - I mean I had the sheets. I was a big fan of that.

Michael Ealy

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The humanity that is given to other people isn't given to us. There is an expendability that comes along with being African American.

Sterling K. Brown

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We strive for greatness.

Simone Biles

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The best thing that I bring in my live show is that it's not scripted. It's more of a conversation with my audience. And that's what people like about the show - it's very real. There are mistakes and laughter.

Trisha Yearwood

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Being called a dance photographer makes me bristle. You might say that dance is my landscape. The root of my interest is movement or, rather, how movement can be interpreted photographically, and dance provides a perfect opportunity for this.

Lois Greenfield

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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

Jean de la Bruyere

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The first time I mentioned publicly that I had known Viola for some time, many people took it like Viola got me the job in 'Fences'.

Jovan Adepo

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Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.

Deepak Chopra

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I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

Bob Dylan

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But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

William H. Seward

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