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Ruth Rendell Quotes

I'm careful about keeping myself fit and thin, or as thin as I can manage.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Myself I Can Fit Careful About Thin

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

Hope World Better Leave Here Got

My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd.

Romantic Me Husband Things Absurd

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.

Maurice Blanchot

Music People Painting Proud Lovers

It took us years to get into the mess that we got ourselves in at the end of 2008, and it's going to take a while to get us out. We lost eight million jobs, we saw a financial system near collapse, we have a continuing housing crisis that we're making progress on dealing with.

Progress Financial End Lost Crisis

It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed.

Universe First Years Sixty Expansion

The Lockheed Skunk Works, led by Kelly Johnson, was responsible for its Advanced Development Projects - everything from the P-80, the first U.S. jet fighter plane, to the U-2 and A-12 spy planes.

Fighter Development Responsible First

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

Confident Person Outgoing Naturally

I get so much out of being married and raising my kids - that's really important to me.

Me Important Out Being Get Kids

I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.

Family Me Wonder Forget Say Vote

I did buy 'The Sun' a few times, but I just don't read the tabloids. Sometimes they can have genius witty headlines, but that's all. There's nothing to read.

Sun Genius Sometimes Nothing Witty

I'm a professor of comparative literature, among other things, so I'm able to read in a couple of other languages, and I understand that not everyone is, not everyone can, although it is quite stunning how many people do read Spanish in the United States, but moving between languages is also extremely helpful.

People Moving Literature Understand

Sometimes you need to give dishes a nap.

You Sometimes Nap Need Give Dishes

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