Polly Toynbee Quotes

My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense.

Polly Toynbee

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Joe Chung

DemocracyAuthoritarianWouldWho

Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.

Joanna Scott

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I spend so long writing each of my novels that by the time I'm done with one, I'm ready to discover a totally different world.

Jennifer Egan

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The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego.

Robert Picardo

BestEgoActorWayMoreTell

I really don't go out at all; I just stay at home and watch movies and skateboard around the house.

Michael Angarano

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When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

Amy Poehler

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Music is so intimate and so personal that when you can find somebody that feels the same way about it that you do, it's magic. It can be. It really can be.

Trisha Yearwood

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We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

Ron D. Burton

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One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Moliere

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From my teenage years on, I sought out Native elders from many tribal nations and listened to their words. I also started a small press, The Greenfield Review Press, and became very involved with publishing the work of other American Indian authors, especially books of poetry.

Joseph Bruchac

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My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

Joni Mitchell

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Minor writers think style is all.

Derek Walcott

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