Peter Mayle Quotes

The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.

Peter Mayle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 14, 1939 - January 18, 2018

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To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour.

John G. D. Clark

GreatTimeWorldThoughtNameOpen

A lot of people don't know how to navigate: they think, once you become a Christian, you essentially have to become Ned Flanders.

Andy Mineo

PeopleThinkChristianYouKnowHow

I think that my main business is as a news person.

Mary Pilon

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It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Whether it is to reduce our carbon-dioxide emissions or to prepare for when the coal and oil run out, we have to continue to seek out new energy sources.

Martin Rees

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I'm very happy in France making movies.

Michel Hazanavicius

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When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

Joseph Kanon

YouPerfectWantEditingWriter

There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it.

Claire Forlani

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Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive.

Ashley Graham

WomanSocietyThinkSayKindWay

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

Placido Domingo

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Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Peter Marshall

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I don't think anything predated Christians.

Sherri Shepherd

ThinkAnythingChristians

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