Simon Toyne Quotes

My family and I live in a wing of a Georgian mansion in East Sussex, which was built in the 1780s and fell into disrepair. It was rescued in the Seventies and carved into six terrace houses.

Simon Toyne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

Jim Fowler

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I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I was Drama Club President every year, and then I auditioned for conservatory acting programs.

Jenn Proske

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As a producer and director, I've tried for years to get properties off the ground for girls, and I've been hitting a brick wall.

Melanie Mayron

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If you're building a social product, you're still living in the last century if your product doesn't work on Facebook.

Max Levchin

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All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.'

Max Weber

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Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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At Eventbrite, we value quality results over everything else. So while working late is acknowledged, at the end of the day, I care more about the results you're producing.

Julia Hartz

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I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed to admit that I still can't read an Israeli newspaper. Besides English, the only language I speak with any degree of fluency is Spanish.

Joshua Foer

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I think, generally, the creative process is hurt if you're thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions.

Jason Blum

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I have two young sons that are very interested and work in real estate. I made it a policy they need to work five years in progressively responsible jobs outside of the company, preferably in New York, and then get a masters degree, so I am making it hard for them to join.

Jorge M. Perez

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Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.

Doug Ducey

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I've rewritten other films and watched my writing be mutilated, but luckily, it's been mutilated anonymously.

Christopher McQuarrie

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