Lisa Jewell Quotes

That whole idea of chick lit being a thing that you just lump all the commercial female writers into - it went on for years.I'd switch on the radio, and I'd hear, 'Two female authors are here to discuss chick lit - is it dead?' and I'd think, 'Argh, no, not again. Are we seriously still having this conversation?'

Lisa Jewell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 19, 1968

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I have green eyes, which are actually quite difficult to find makeup for.

Joanna Coles

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On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.

John Gay

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I need some downtime before I go to sleep.

Andie MacDowell

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Anyone who magnifies the power of a television talk show is very unrealistic.

John J. McLaughlin

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The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

Andy Summers

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There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off.

Steve Yzerman

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The most challenging and exciting aspect is the outline and formation of the plot points. This is the stage where the notion of the story begins to take shape, and I can see glimpses of what is to come.

Tony DiTerlizzi

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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

Lucille Ball

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We create difficulties in training, so we never think it's easy.

Jose Aldo

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I think childhood is to everyone a lost land.

Dennis Potter

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If you want to know what London looked like in 1947, with all the bomb-sites, 'Hue and Cry' will tell you. And when I shot 'The Lavender Hill Mob' four years later, it didn't look that different.

Douglas Slocombe

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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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