Claire Tomalin Quotes

I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing something that mattered: to keep up standards, to take books seriously.

Claire Tomalin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think that my favourite animal is a baby possum, or a joey. The face of a really little joey is so divine - so, so gorgeous.

Mem Fox

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Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become.

Robert Reich

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The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

Andy Goldsworthy

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The thing I remember most about space is the view from the spacewalk. When I was inside the space shuttle and looking through the window, you can see the earth and the stars, and it's very beautiful, but it's like looking at an aquarium, sort of. When you go outside and spacewalk, you become a scuba diver.

Michael J. Massimino

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Probably the greatest match in my career, and really put me on the match as a main event guy and paved the way for what I was to become, was Wrestlemania 13, with the one and only, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

Mike Pence

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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

Michel de Montaigne

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The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box.

Christine Pelosi

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We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.

Bootsy Collins

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Even actors are human beings, so we have issues to deal with - physical, emotional, and mental.

Arjun Kapoor

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You go on Instagram, and it's just not a real reflection of what people do and how much pain people are in every day.

Alice Eve

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I respect Sen. Elliott and expect that she will be a strong opponent.

Tim Griffin

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