Mary Roach Quotes

I have a nice little office, with a nice little window in it, but I do basically spend huge amounts of time in what you could consider solitary confinement.

Mary Roach

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1959

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TimeWindowYouNiceOfficeLittle

As observatory architect, my dad was partly concerned with the maintenance of them all. I used to go with him on site visits quite often, from age 7 or 8. I have memories of crawling through the rafters of the old building, trying to find where the leak in the roof was.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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I wake up in the morning and drink my Essentia water first. I keep a liter by my bed. If I get up in the middle of the night, I can just grab it. I try to drink a liter before 10 A.M. The water rehydrates me after sleeping for eight hours.

Anna Kaiser

MorningWaterMeNightWake UpTry

CDs are not as good as vinyl, and you buy one in the supermarket along with the yoghurt.

Jean-Michel Jarre

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Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.

Michael D. Higgins

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If you actually hang out in the countryside, which I did, it's actually quite peaceful.

John Sandford

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If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand.

John Prendergast

PotentialYouEconomyContractGoing

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

Diane Sawyer

HopeChangesEverything

Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.

Davy Crockett

FailurePeopleHeavenDoneOthers

I was called the girl that was 'pretty for a big girl,' 'the fat model.'

Ashley Graham

GirlFatPrettyBigModel

I apologize for the song 'Everything Is Awesome.'

Phil Lord

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I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

Mark Haddon

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The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.

Mark Kirk

JobToughYouSayWhyExplain

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