Mary Wesley Quotes

In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer.

Mary Wesley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 24, 1912 - December 30, 2002

Topics

BestFriendsImportantYoungUp

To me, 'the establishment' means people who are out of touch with the people they're elected to represent.

Jimmy Gomez

PeopleMeTouchOutWhoMeans

Marco Polo has been kind of buried under this cloud of rather banal historical dust, when the true story is so much more exciting.

John Fusco

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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

Anna Quindlen

WorkBeginningYourselfAmazingHard

If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet.

John Ridley

BestExcellencePurposeLongTrue

I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul.

Sue Monk Kidd

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My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.

Steven Tyler

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The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

Tom Hayden

HistoryToo MuchCivil RightsRights

I am humbled by the prospect of serving those who have borne the battle, those American men and women who have sacrificed so much.

Robert Wilkie

WomenMenI AmBattleAmericanWho

I am open-eyed about what poverty does to people.

Michel Faber

I AmPeoplePovertyAboutDoesAm

I found school quite tough, but Saturday night was movie night, and I started to empathise with the characters on screen. I started to get more involved with what these people were experiencing. Film inspired me to do better.

Joseph Mawle

SchoolPeopleMeNightToughBetter

Sometimes I even tell my relatives and my friends that I get a lot of love from the fans, and I'm not sure if it's deserved.

Diego Costa

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It's official: The biggest back-to-school bullies are anxiety, worry and fear.

Chuck Norris

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