Michelle Paver Quotes

I saw myself as a trailblazer in the 1980s as a female lawyer in the City. It was exciting, as women were outnumbered by men five to one. But while I had this sense of trailblazing, in reality, I wasn't pushing boundaries; it was just a personal myth I'd created, as I was doing a job I wasn't enjoying.

Michelle Paver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music together, and R&B had a huge strong arm in the foundation of my career.

Jesse McCartney

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One of the first memories I have, we went to - actually, we stopped in New York for a little bit, and I remember going to Macy's with my mom. And I was a big fan of the color orange, and they had Snoopy orange gloves, hat and scarves. And I bought it, and it was the best thing ever. I loved America right there. That was it.

Maz Jobrani

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I have had a place in New York in the musicians' district on the Upper West Side since 1986.

Stephen Hough

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I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.

Ritchie Blackmore

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I learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly.

Roald Hoffmann

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If I spent the rest of my life getting even with the people that had helped me out, I would never settle the score.

Rodney Atkins

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Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

Romelu Lukaku

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There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

Ross Perot

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I don't do dishes, and I don't cook, either! Everything else, I can do!

Chiara Ferragni

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You never have to guess where you stand with me.

Courteney Cox

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I took a 19th-century Russian novel class in college and have been smitten with Russian literature ever since. Writers like Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Grossman, and Solzhenitsyn tackle the great questions of morality, politics, love, and death.

Anthony Marra

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I've worked with Nails Inc. for years, and it's been a joy. I love their products. I have two baskets of Nails Inc. polishes upside down to read the names, colour coded.

Poppy Delevingne

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