I've always been attracted to weirdos.
Roisin Murphy
Recitation: by Male by Female
I've got a Ferrari 430. It's black. I don't know what it cost but it wasn't cheap. I bought it because I was being a boy. It's fast and looks good.
Jermain Defoe
GoodBlackFastLooksKnowBoy
I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors.
Jen Lancaster
TalkingYearAlwaysUpBooksRead
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.
John Stossel
InnovationPeopleWorldActingOwn
Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Alphonse Karr
ManThreeThinksHeEvery ManEvery
I'm not a fan - this is a personal preference - I'm not a fan of tour-de-force writing. I admire it, but it's not where my inclination is. I want to hide.
Tracy Letts
WritingHideWantAdmirePersonal
I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.
Roger Sessions
MusicSometimesDifficultBeen
I love my home, spend as much time in London as I can, and try wherever possible to avoid travelling for work. Sometimes I think I'm really badly equipped to be an actress.
Romola Garai
WorkLoveHomeTimeThinkI Can
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.
Mary Astell
PassionTruthKnowledgeWomanKind
I can't help seeing 'Waste Land' as the third in a triptych with my earlier films 'Devil's Playground' and 'Blindsight,' and not least in the awe and gratitude I feel for the group of people who were courageous enough to share their stories with us - and to live lives so rich in inspiration for us all.
Lucy Walker
LiveGratitudePeopleRichHelp
The culture of critique undermines the spirit not only of people in public roles but of those who read about them, afraid to believe in anyone or anything because the next story... will tell them why they shouldn't.
Deborah Tannen
CulturePeopleBelieveStoryWhy
I made a professional decision, a step forward in my career and for Roma, who earned a huge sum.
Alisson
DecisionStepForwardCareerEarned
An idyllic period of my existence was when I had a den attached to my home... a writing den, and no one had access to that unless they had their own special visa, applied for weeks in advance.
Wole Soyinka
HomeWritingSpecialExistenceOwn
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