Mary Berry Quotes

When I was paralysed by polio at 13, I went into an isolation hospital and couldn't sit up, so I only took liquid food from spouted cups which the masked nurses would bring in and feed to me. I saw my parents only through glass; we couldn't touch.

Mary Berry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 24, 1935

Topics

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The music business is very hard on women over 22. You really have to prove yourself every time you make a record. Are you as vibrant as you used to be? Are you as sexy? So I really want to prove that a woman in her 30s can be all those things and more.

Jody Watley

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I believe that I can do more for women by being the best at what I do in the role that I have than going out and just talking about how women are awesome and you shouldn't mess with them.

Megyn Kelly

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The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams.

John Muir

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We were a religious, practicing, Catholic family - Mass together on Sunday, Catholic schools, and parents who practiced everything they preached. A great gift was their total absence of any derogatory talk about people of any race or culture and we were on a street of many faiths, though no other races at that early time.

Trina Paulus

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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.

Tom Peters

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I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.

Rivers Cuomo

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I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life.

Rufus Sewell

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Having grown up around the theater, I've been moved by so many plays. Being a part of it, however small, is special.

Miguel Ferrer

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What I say about 'This Is England' is they're like my best friends back home. Normal, working-class, beautiful people who I'm creative with.

Michael Socha

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Much of the blame for the Great Recession lies with abuses in the housing market - namely the creation of risky and unsustainable home loans that were packaged and sold as quality investments around the globe.

Lisa Madigan

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If someone asks a stupid question, you can only give a stupid answer or appear arrogant.

Cillian Murphy

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I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.

Peter Wright

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