Tracy Chevalier Quotes

I read a lot of fantasy. I adored 'Anne of Green Gables'. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' series, about a pioneer family in the mid-19th-century American west. I often thought of them as I was writing 'The Last Runaway'.

Tracy Chevalier

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We don't know what our health care costs are going to be. We don't know what our tax rates are going to be. We don't know what our interest rates are going to be. We don't know what our energy costs are going to be. All these uncertainties are being driven by the Government's agenda. What we really need to do is get Government to step back.

Jim Renacci

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I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Johannes Kepler

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When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.

John Carpenter

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When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that.

Rupert Friend

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Are we, as humans, gaining any insight on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context. So I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.

Jason Moran

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Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.

Jon Lovitz

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The rocky time came right after I left school. I spent a lot of time at night navigating the streets of Paris trying to find something to eat.

Djimon Hounsou

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Logistically, working on a television show and hitting your mark and leaning to your right and knowing where the camera is - I literally felt like I was on another planet.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Aretha Franklin

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Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart.

Alia Shawkat

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My dad was good with actions.

William Shatner

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You never see a French person eating alone.

Pierre Dukan

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