Ruth Rendell Quotes

Why do we have to have violence, torture, brutality in crime dramas every time we turn on television? Any new crime drama is going to have, sooner or later, a lot of torture and nasty things that make people flinch. Lots of young people I know shrink and flinch from that kind of thing on television, so I think showing it is a mistake.

Ruth Rendell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I watch sports and cable news. I'm a political junkie, so that's my interest.

Jerry Springer

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My old friend Vlado Prelog has asked me to offer, from both of us, our thanks to the Royal Academy of Sciences and to the Nobel Foundation for the honour conferred on us.

John Cornforth

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People have to find ways of explaining the work.

Andres Serrano

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Graduating from high school is certainly a good idea, but it's no longer much protection against poverty.

Stephanie Coontz

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There are days when I am just dead on the floor, and I'm there in my makeup, and that's getting a little tiring.

Tom Verica

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I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.

Rob Portman

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The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.

Roger Clemens

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You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Rosalynn Carter

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Maryland is home to one of the world's most highly skilled, highly educated workforces.

Martin O'Malley

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Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing.

Josh Hartnett

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I'd quite like to try all sorts of different things, whether it be theatre, TV or film.

April Pearson

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Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.

Archie Shepp

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