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Donna Leon Quotes

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: September 29, 1942

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Women Words Admire Beyond Sure Plot

I was brought up very Catholic, and the character of Tommy Gnosis got his name from there.

John Cameron Mitchell

Character Name Up Got His Very

I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest.

Book Squad More Pretty Count Clear

As a woman of a certain age - and really, ever since I hit puberty and my baby-making parts were suddenly subject to public debate - I've been told over and over again that I will 'change my mind' about not wanting kids.

Change Age Woman Mind Debate Will

I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

Eyes Green Questions Know Why Idle

We have to take the biblical truth and start applying it in the statehouse, the schoolhouse, and the marketplace.

Truth Start Take Marketplace

The country doesn't need saving.

Mitch McConnell

Country Need Saving

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.

Dumb Teachers First Satisfied Piano

Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a certain amount of vision and you write a lot of songs, it's sometimes better to have your own band and make your own decisions.

Vision Great Democracy Better Hands

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past.

Past Legal Choice Way Become Drones

Experience teaches that when the will and imagination are in conflict, the imagination usually wins. What we imagine may defeat our reason and make us slaves to what we taste, see, hear, smell, and feel in the mind's eye. The body is indeed the servant of the mind.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Experience Imagination Mind Conflict

I hate losing. I hate getting beat. I'm not used to it.

Hate Losing Beat Used Getting

I thought it was great being the only girl in the room. I loved the attention. After I got used to it, I didn't want to be the only girl in the room. I had no one to talk to.

Girl Great Thought Loved Attention

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