Michelle Paver Quotes

Changing from biochemistry to law was easy because I was rubbish in the laboratory. I could never decide how much to put in a test tube because I'm not very good at maths.

Michelle Paver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodLawEasyTestNeverDecide

Whatever comedian says he doesn't read comments, I never believe him, because we all have the same pathological problem to see what people think of us, and it sucks, because you try not to take it personally, and people are monsters and idiots.

Joe Mande

PeopleBelieveThinkProblemYou

If the courts are making the decisions, it matters who the judge is and, of course, people are concerned with what is the bottom line.

John Harrison

PeopleDecisionsJudgeMattersLine

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

John Marshall Harlan

ConstitutionCitizensKnowsOurNor

People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.

Robert Herjavec

PeopleThinkBornAskCombination

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.

Stan Wawrinka

PositiveWorkHomeLosingWinLoser

I think eyebrow gel is genius.

Suki Waterhouse

ThinkGeniusEyebrowI ThinkGel

My own introduction to music came quite early. My father didn't have much of an education, but he was keen for me to get some qualifications, and I ended up winning a choral scholarship to a cathedral school.

Roger Taylor

EducationFatherMusicSchoolMe

In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.

Mary Antin

FatherDayEveningFirstUsPublic

I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually.

Mindy Kaling

LiveChildrenParentsMeCareYou

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

Don Johnson

GoodRock StarMissionRockActor

We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with.

Douglas Leone

EyePartnerLongLookBuildTried

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.

Branford Marsalis

DoorRestThinkCareTake CareYou

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