Simon Toyne Quotes

If you do come across 'Sanctus' in a bookshop, please see past the cross on the cover and the sinister outline of a monk and just read the first page and make your own mind up. If it's still not for you, then that's fine; just put it back and walk away.

Simon Toyne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 29, 1968

Topics

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'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

Meg Wolitzer

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A painting has to be beautiful. Even in its grotesqueness.

John Mellencamp

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Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond.

Matt Lauer

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I've always been shy; it's just that I transform on the pitch. I'm a different person. Off the pitch, I'm another person. That's how it has to be.

Roberto Firmino

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I was so low that I wanted to exit. And I took a bunch of pills, and they were sleeping pills. And at least they would put me to sleep, and maybe I wouldn't wake up, and that was fine.

Mike Wallace

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When you make a lot of money, it just means you made a lot of money. It doesn't make you a better person.

Martina Navratilova

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I'm one of those people who, as long as I am still healthy and my thoughts are more or less clear, I don't think I can retire entirely.

Martti Ahtisaari

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You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.

Jorge Ramos

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I've known Al Franken for over 20 years. He is my friend. He was on the floor of the Senate announcing his resignation. I sat just a few feet away from him. He said it was the worst day in his political life. It was a somber feeling. It was a reality.

Dick Durbin

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The funny thing is that, for some reason, people think when you're pregnant, you have to start wearing maternity wear and wear flats and look Mom-ish. I don't know exactly what people expect of people who are pregnant, but there's definitely a lot of moms out there that look super fabulous all the time, and I guess that's my inspiration.

Coco Rocha

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I wasn't the first choice for the role of Danny Tanner. Betty White was. Not true, but there was another actor whom they had shot the pilot with.

Bob Saget

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Remember, I am not trying to orbit the earth. It is a simple elevator ride for 20 minutes.

Brian Walker

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