Michel Faber Quotes

At university, one of my areas of study was Victorian literature, so I decided to see if I could write a novel as carefully planned and constructed as those of George Eliot, but with the narrative energy of Dickens.

Michel Faber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: April 13, 1960

Topics

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The pay is good and I can walk to work.

John F. Kennedy

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There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.

Andrew Sullivan

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My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.

Andy Garcia

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I like new technology.

Anderson Cooper

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Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

Angus T. Jones

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I'm a comic book fan.

Michael B. Jordan

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I can't play video games because I get too nervous. It just stresses me out.

Michael Cudlitz

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It's a good thing to imagine yourself doing something you think you can't. I do that every day because, basically, if I had it my way, I'd just stay home and think about what I'm having for supper.

Meryl Streep

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Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.

Tony La Russa

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I would rather be nuts than unattractive.

Russell Smith

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As producers, we can influence where the budget goes, but only the director really controls what tone, what type of movie you are trying to make.

Michelle Yeoh

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Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.

Milan Kundera

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