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Penelope Lively Quotes

I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation.

Penelope Lively

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: March 17, 1933

Topics

Character Like Occupation Fictional

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

Good Good Times World Laugh Hard

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.

John Galsworthy

Life Future Service Religion Place

I feel like it's important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people, how many different ways there are of being.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

People Feel Important Different Like

From an early age, I had always loved drawing. Laying on the floor, in front of the fire, drawing from my imagination, marching soldiers, dive bombers, spaceships and monsters. Now, suddenly, I was drawing from real life!

Michael Foreman

Life Age Fire Imagination Loved Now

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

Friend Sun Other He Every Attracts

It's all choreographed; it's a routine. So I told everyone I really wanted to try fighting in action films. I had no stunt experience, but I had the dance background, and I was very agile and coordinated. And the best thing about being a newcomer to acting is you can afford to try new things.

Best Experience Dance New Things You

I shop at thrift stores a lot. I have a lot of silver pitchers and I put my flowers in those. I collect antiques, so there are a lot of old rocking chairs... My friends call my home the vortex because nobody wants to leave.

Home Flowers Friends Nobody Silver

I shoot just one moment at a time... These moments are beneath the threshold of perception.

Lois Greenfield

Time Moment Perception Moments Shoot

I played against Kobe a lot when I was in high school during the summers, even in college, just being that guy in L.A. coming up. He always gave me advice here and there, and even the smallest things stuck with me. I watched every single thing that Kobe did, every game, every move. He made me a student of the game.

School College Me Game High School

I wanted to live the life my characters were living, so I rented a yacht and sailed from Naples to Capri before taking a helicopter back. Got to write the whole thing off as research on my taxes.

Life Live Research Back Living Off

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

History Situation President Shaving

Maybe this is just horrible bad, but I think I've had enough successes to where the journey is more important to me now. There's no guarantee, no matter what. We get one run in life.

Life Journey Me Think Enough Bad

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