Allison Pearson Quotes

My child was one of Nature's Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture's Lefties: it was no contest.

Allison Pearson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: 1960

Topics

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I love coming to Australia. It's one of my favourite places.

Jillionaire

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You always try different versions of yourself through songwriting. It can get a bit annoying to see them walk around and do their thing when you feel like, 'I'm not that person any more.'

Jens Lekman

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I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.

Stephen Merchant

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I get the opportunity to play all different ethnicities and not get stereotyped or locked into one. It's been a tremendous advantage, I think.

Tony Shalhoub

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In our town, Halloween was terrifying and thrilling, and there was a whiff of homicide. We'd travel by foot in the dark for miles, collecting candy, watching out for adults who seemed too eager to give us treats.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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I've met Oprah Winfrey twice, but I want to spend some quality time with her. I want to sit her down and talk at her for a minute about what she means to me and why she means that. Then I have some advice for her, too... I have an idea or two.

Ross Mathews

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The big message of gospel is that you don't have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego.

Brian Eno

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Berry Gordy is a music legend, and we all know that, but I don't think Berry gets enough credit for his involvement with the civil rights movement.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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The earth's crust has not yet stopped heaving and plunging under our feet. Mountain ranges are still being thrust up on the horizon. Granites are still growing under the continental masses. Nor has the organic world ceased to produce new buds at the tips of its countless branches.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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For everyday, Rebecca Minkoff's collection is chic and comfortable at the same time.

Shay Mitchell

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I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry.

Richard Russo

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Victory doesn't lie in taming our nature but in progressively discovering and revealing more of it.

Marilyn Ferguson

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