Mike Quigley Quotes

Honest to goodness, Brian Campbell, he was holding the Cup, and there was no one around for a minute. He says, 'Hold this for a second.' So he hands it to me - one of the best moments of my life.

Mike Quigley

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I don't answer the phone or do my email; I don't do anything until I've got the day's writing done. I have a word count for every day: 500 for fiction, 1,000 for non-fiction, and journalism is 1,500. That's a level I can sustain.

John Lanchester

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I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.

Simon van der Meer

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'No Hands' art goes straight back to Warhol. He was the first to use elves.

Tom Wolfe

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In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene.

Robert Bresson

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I'm not really a guy who draws on things from my own past. I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier. If it's well written, it allows your imagination to run wild and draw inspiration from that.

Miguel Ferrer

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I may sound like a corny bastard, but I love fashion.

Louise Wilson

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I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.

Deborah Bull

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We have to look honestly at ourselves and recognize the positives, the negatives, and the challenges we can overcome.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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Suddenly, everyone wanted to talk to me, it seemed. And not about my poetry: it was my dyslexia they were most interested in.

Philip Schultz

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I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It was very tribal. There's nice things in that. It's culture; it's roots for me.

Paul Weller

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I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

Scott Hamilton

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It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.

Thomas Perry

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