Ruth Rendell Quotes

My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times - is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.

Ruth Rendell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 17, 1930 - May 2, 2015

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If you wanted to watch me work, it would be totally boring. It would look like a Warhol film where nothing happens. I sit for 24 hours, then I scratch myself.

Robert Irwin

WorkMyselfMeYouLookBoring

Do we believe housing is a right and that affordable housing is part of what it should mean to be an American? I say yes.

Matthew Desmond

BelieveAmericanSayMeanHousing

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

Ann Beattie

MeThinkMysteriousWriteThings

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

John Steinbeck

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We need to learn the names of God because when we know His character and His capacity, we will find rest and discover peace and power in His covenantal care of us.

Tony Evans

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Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.

Tom G. Palmer

ChildrenDifferencesDifferenceWell

I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs.

Mary Wesley

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I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home.

Judy Holliday

HomeStyleMyselfPersonalityFeel

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Jose Serrano

ProcessLegalImmigrationMustMake

The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.

Brian May

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I don't read newspapers or watch the news on TV, deliberately to avoid the noise.

Brad Feld

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But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

Arianna Huffington

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