Anthony Sampson Quotes

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Anthony Sampson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 3, 1926 - December 18, 2004

Topics

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I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan requests to get the compilation of his BBC radio pieces. I had to get everything he ever wrote.

Jill Lepore

LibraryRememberLoanYearsRadio

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

Andy Dunn

GreatRisksTaking RisksSometimes

My only rule about a joke is that it should be funny.

Ann Coulter

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My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair.

John W. Rogers, Jr.

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The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

Amy Grant

MusicExperienceGrowing UpChurch

Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.

Steve Lacy

HeartPlayJazzRiskNoteEvery

In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true self; this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Troian Bellisario

LifeCollegeRestSelfMy LifeTrue

Everyone has a right to change their consciousness, but ultimately the whole process is misleading.

Robyn Hitchcock

ChangeProcessRightEveryoneWhole

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

Rose Leslie

MoneyMeHairOldYearsPaid

I had a great experience working with Dynamite on Masks, and had just gotten started on a stint on The Shadow with them when they floated the idea of a Captain Action series. I've been a little obsessed with the character since I was first introduced to him in the pages of Amazing Heroes back in the early 1980s.

Chris Roberson

CharacterGreatExperienceShadow

I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.

Bryan Adams

LoveMeNameBandAlwaysSinger

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

Anthony Trollope

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