Denise Mina Quotes

It's all chaos and the house is occasionally filthy but I get to stand at the school gates. Writers are so lucky to have that flexibility.

Denise Mina

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SchoolChaosStandHouseLuckyGet

Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.

Jessica Hahn

MeThroughGetOnlyAbleStern

In this life, it's not hard to do wrong.

John Boyega

LifeWrongHard

Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them.

John Barton

UnderstandingFarMostPoemsEither

Dick Mills was in charge of sound effects and all the rest then, and he put the voice through a ring modulator or whatever gizmos he'd got at the time to make it sound a little more electronic.

John Leeson

TimeRestVoiceRingMoreSound

When they told me I had cancer - a very rare form called appendiceal cancer - I was shocked. But I went straight into battle mode. Every morning, I'd wake up and have an internal conversation with cancer. 'All right, dude,' I'd tell it, 'go ahead and hit me. But I'm going to hit you back even harder.'

Stuart Scott

MorningMeWake UpBattleYouBack

Crystals amplify the consciousness.

Shirley MacLaine

ConsciousnessAmplifyCrystals

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

Tori Amos

GreatTalentAmazingDoingYouKnow

Eat a wide variety of species.

Michael Pollan

EatVarietySpeciesWide

The truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin and always, always worn make-up.

Judy Parfitt

GoodTruthTruth IsCareSkinTaken

America is a giving nation and very compassionate.

David Wilkerson

GivingAmericaNationVery

I should like very much to go to America. I have heard so much of the great industrial and economic development of that great land, and I wish to see things for myself.

Chiang Kai-shek

GreatMyselfAmericaWishGoLand

I was 13 when I reached my present height. I was so skinny I looked like one of those starving people in Africa. The boys in my class would beat me up because I was too tall.

Brigitte Nielsen

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