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Ruth Rendell Quotes

I like to show what happens to people in the past and how it affects their present.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Past People Present In The Past Show

The overall physical demand that Iraq has is pretty amazing. It's 130 degrees, and the soldiers are carrying about 100 pounds of extra gear. It's a pretty rigorous schedule and routine for them.

Amazing Routine Schedule Soldiers

It wasn't until I got to college and had a lot of my ego beaten out of me... That's when I started to turn to literature as something deeper than a way to put up points.

College Me Ego Literature Way Turn

I'm not going to date a crazy party animal; I'm more into culture. I'd rather go to a museum, travel somewhere, or go to a play. That's more interesting to me than partying at the hottest club.

Culture Travel Animal Me Crazy Play

Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all.

Melissa Rosenberg

Fear Great Money People Person Done

I remember a song I did called 'If the Good Die Young' - I wanted to have a lead guitar solo on there, and the label flipped out! It was too rock and roll. They made us go back and put fiddle on the solo.

Good Song Rock And Roll Guitar Die

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

Trevor Phillips

Good Relationship Working Together

I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.

Work Passion Time Care See Anything

I worked with Jack Nitzsche for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and we'd booked a symphony orchestra. He dismissed them and came with a little man who poured water into glasses of different sizes to make a glass harmonica. And most of the music for the film was that - with some Indian flutes and some drums.

Music Water Man Glasses Glass Nest

Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.

Reading You Bad Find Say Want

As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready.

Denise Richards

Girl Thought Loved Ready Little

You probably know me as a producer for 'This American Life', a top podcast in iTunes.

Life Me American You Know Top

Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.

Clayton M. Christensen

Time Decision People Thought You

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