Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

This is ridiculous, I mean, wholly ridiculous. It never did any child any harm to have something that was a tiny bit above them anyway, and I claim that anyone who can follow Doctor Who can follow absolutely anything.

Diana Wynne Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 16, 1934 - March 26, 2011

Topics

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I've always gravitated toward men who sort of kind of eclipsed me in some way. And I think that it's because I have this need to be better.

Jenny Mollen

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We have to get women's stories out there so a guy will read it, laugh, and think, 'I'm not laughing at a chick story but a story.'

Jen Kirkman

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Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. There was never a 'B' plan here; it was just this. So it took me a long time to find my way.

Melissa Manchester

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I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

Ang Lee

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My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

Steven Wright

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There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

Mike Johanns

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I love being outdoors. I love listening to the crickets. I want to embrace nature.

Miranda Kerr

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It's a question of finding the right thing, if I'm going to be an actor... if I have to get up eight times a week for a number of months, I want to be excited and challenged from the day I start to the day I leave.

Jason Alexander

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When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years. If you are not careful, you can be too absorbed in work, and they will be only too happy to tell you about it later. Being a parent is one of greatest mindfulness practices of all.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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I'm proud to join Cruelty Free International in calling on the United States to end cosmetics testing on animals.

Drea De Matteo

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We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.

Clive Bell

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I happen to enjoy grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches.

Chuck Feeney

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