Michelle Paver Quotes

Doing field trips rather than simply researching online allows me to experience the story from the point of view of my main character; you can't get that by sitting at a desk.

Michelle Paver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 7, 1960

Topics

CharacterExperienceMeStoryView

The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.

Jen Kirkman

WomenThinkComedyDoingComedians

Many have criticized a federal carbon tax, saying that it would increase energy costs. Some continue to oppose it even when that revenue would be used to reduce other taxes in what's known as a tax swap.

John Delaney

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Work is a great blotter up. It stops you thinking, which is useful. No, it stops you feeling.

Melvyn Bragg

WorkGreatThinkingYouFeelingUp

The things that churned inside Daredevil were deeply religious, somewhat guilt-driven traces of the messianic, with his powers being a compensation for and driven by the vulnerability of being blind. Green Arrow is not driven by dark forces.

Ann Nocenti

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If it involved giants on any level, as a kid I was really wrapped up in that.

Travis Beacham

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Having the games on TV, I've always believed it's like watching a soap opera - fans can't wait for the next episode.

Rocky Wirtz

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My philosophy is fight anyone, anywhere. If you're going to be the best then you're going to have to beat them all, so why pick and choose?

Robert Whittaker

BestFightPhilosophyYouChoose

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful.

Rowan Atkinson

SadThinkSomeoneYouChildlike

I wouldn't want to go back to my 20s; they were pretty angst-laden times.

Miranda Richardson

BackGoWantPrettyWereTimes

We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self.

Julia Cameron

FaithGreatSmallDestinyBelieve

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Joseph Butler

NatureHappinessSatisfactionOnly

I tend to like the traditional sound: three-part harmonies, guitar, and piano. I mean, a well-played guitar is a joy forever... or something.

Christine McVie

JoyGuitarSoundMeanForeverPiano

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