Allison Pearson Quotes

I speak as the journalist who, on the first day back at work for 'The Daily Telegraph' after the birth of my daughter, went to interview Tom Hanks with an epaulette of banana sick on my jacket.

Allison Pearson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm a passionate monarchist.

Max Hastings

Passionate

LaGuardia is jammed into just 680 urban acres; taxiways are tight; runways intersect; you can't launch a departure until the arrival on the other runway crosses the threshold or else the airplanes will ... collide.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

YouWillRunwayLaunchUrbanJust

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

Shirley Eaton

ArtCreativeSchoolPaintingPerson

I'm not saying everybody has a social responsibility of what art they create, but art should be open-ended. I just feel there's a lack of consciousness and understanding of impact and reach. Just maybe, for a second, just think of the effect you could have with a lyric.

Mary Lambert

ArtResponsibilitySayingThinkYou

You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any of these people?' But then you look out into the world, and there are people who are doing cool stuff with their lives.

Mike White

ExperienceThoughtsUpBringMost

Whoever's president I'm not going to be short on material.

Lizz Winstead

ShortPresidentGoingMaterial

If you're the person whose problems were solved when you were born, your job is to try and help the people who aren't in that situation. It's very easy to say you're tired of political discussion when all of your problems are solved. I keep trying to think of it that way.

Jason Isbell

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I see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.'

Dino De Laurentiis

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I see more people taking charge of their well-being through the use of data and digital sensors, wearable health bands, and smartphone apps that can track and quantify everything from their heart rate, blood pressure, and sleep quality to steps walked and calories consumed.

Denise Morrison

HeartHealthQualitySleepPeople

I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development.

Donald Trump, Jr.

ConstructionBuildingKnowAlways

Any decision that's made about my career is ultimately my decision, and it's helped me not to plan too much. I've never been the guy thinking, 'I want to do a play this year, I want to do this kind of movie or this kind of character.' I don't have that sort of control.

Craig Bierko

CharacterDecisionMeControlPlan

The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.

Bruce Henderson

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