Polly Toynbee Quotes

My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills she had around her. When she knew she was dying I promised to make sure she could go at a time of her choosing, but it was impossible. I couldn't help.

Polly Toynbee

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LifeMotherTimeImpossibleEndGo

Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before.

Mignon McLaughlin

LoveDoorsWindowsEvenBeforeWere

I'm such a strong believer in making yourself happy. Almost in a selfish way. There are a lot of trends, and obviously you can get swept up into them. But I feel like if you just write songs you love, it can have trap beats in it or whatever's going on in the moment, but you don't stop loving songs.

Dev Hynes

LoveMomentYourselfHappySelfish

When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels has been as good a lesson as any.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

GoodWritingReadingLessonNever

I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens.

Courtney A. Kemp

FearlessFashionCareNot Knowing

When I can't write, it depresses me.

Brian Wilson

MeWrite

We abstained from having sex until we got married.

Ali Landry

SexGotMarriedHavingUntil

For me, the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep a night. Second, it must not be pushed by the need to produce practical applications.

William Lipscomb

GoodCreativeSleepMeNightNeed

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

William Hazlitt

FindWayPrejudiceWithoutRoomAid

Premier came into the picture when were starting to make our own beats and all that.

Prodigy

PictureStartingOwnMakeOurCame

It's hard to understand why just walking around for two hours and taking pictures would be just a big deal, but once you try it, you'll fall in love with it.

Scott Kelby

LoveWalkingYouFallPicturesWhy

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.

Tim Berners-Lee

EndUpWebSplitWhoKnows

When I last looked, there weren't queues of eager guys under 40 hanging outside single ladies' doors begging them to give up work and have their babies. It takes two to tango and the same number, without medical help, to make a child.

Mariella Frostrup

WorkMedicalChildDoorsHelpSame

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