Claire Tomalin Quotes

Today's children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner.

Claire Tomalin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 20, 1933

Topics

TodayChildrenShortAttentionBeing

Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.

John Amery

ThreeRoyalAir ForceOverAirUs

It's hard enough to coach in this league when you're doing what you believe in. But when you have to try to coach something you may not be sold on, it becomes even more of a challenge. It's really hard.

Jeff Van Gundy

ChallengeBelieveDoingEnoughYou

The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win.

John T. Chambers

GoodBusinessCourageTogetherRisks

It's weird for minorities even just to buy tickets to the ballet. We feel like it's not a part of our lives and we're not a part of that world.

Misty Copeland

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Without computers, in the 17th century, we could classify the entire animal kingdom... there was this idea of the speciation, right? And now, all a search engine is is essentially the mathematical speciation of ideas - and these things really derive from the way that language is used and the way words relate.

Joshua Cohen

WordsAnimalIdeasComputersSearch

I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian.

Diego Klattenhoff

AlwaysPatrioticCanadianExtremely

All I could think of was we were about to start filming for the last final weeks of the TV show and here I am in the hospital, so I missed the final weeks, and a couple days later, sore stomach and all I got on the horse we started filming.

David Selby

I AmStartThinkHorseMissedDays

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

Chico Hamilton

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Ultimately, Amazon is a weather pattern that disturbs everything around it.

Brad Stone

WeatherEverythingAmazonPattern

It is in Israel's interest not to govern the Palestinians but for the Palestinians to govern themselves in their own state.

Ariel Sharon

OwnIsraelInterestGovernState

My parents were very encouraging in having us get into the arts, whereas I have a lot of friends that didn't have that.

Thundercat

ParentsFriendsArtsUsGetVery

At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.

Richard Attenborough

AgeProblemKnowDamnRemembering

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