Ruth Rendell Quotes

I don't think the Barbara Vines are mysteries in any sense. The Barbara Vine is much more slowly paced. It is a much more in-depth, searching sort of book; it doesn't necessarily have a murder in it.

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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Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh.

Jimmy Carr

CrazyLaughYes

If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you pay for.

Jim Cooper

FailureBetterYouResultsStopPay

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.

John Burns

GreatTimeMomentMeActionForward

Like all writers, I draw from life as I know it; but it's a refracted kind of reality, and none of it is factually true.

Jennifer Haigh

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And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

John Dryden

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There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

John Keats

MusicWorldNothingOnlyYour

Children have their own mind.

Sridevi

ChildrenMindOwn

If you have excellent people, then you have to give them the power.

Shiv Nadar

PowerPeopleYouGiveExcellent

I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can't say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.

Ron White

BestListeningComedyYouSayMore

I love getting dressed up in a suit because I don't do it all the time.

Jason Statham

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This idea that we should be best friends with our partner of the opposite gender leads toward tremendous frustration. Did you ever notice that while men often refer to their wives as best friends, women usually refer to another woman in that way?

Deborah Tannen

WomenBestMenWomanFrustration

Nothing I do is didactic. I just want to hold up a mirror and say, 'This is who we are.'

Dee Rees

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