Penelope Lively Quotes

Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are.

Penelope Lively

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CuriositySomeoneKnowWhereCome

There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.

Jocko Willink

GoalsDreamsMorningYour DreamsYou

The 'My Mother the Car' script read like Neil Simon compared to the 'Gilligan's Island' script.

Jerry Van Dyke

MotherCarIslandLikeReadScript

One of my friends, picture of health, worked out his whole life, never had a weight problem. Calls me up one day and says, 'I have pancreatic cancer.' Gone. I've lost too many friends.

Jerry Reinsdorf

LifeHealthDayMePictureProblem

People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.

Jenny Slate

PeopleWantSeeJokesWhere

I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.

John Gruber

MyselfThoughtMoreAlwaysReporting

Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.

Angela Duckworth

WhyNeverBoredNoveltyExperts

We've been in front of really big audiences, and people have said there's a couple of hundred thousand people out there, but I've never really noticed.

Angus Young

PeopleSaidNeverOutBigBeen

As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

Amy Poehler

TimeMomentUglyPeopleStupidFat

I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would be suffering the moral paralysis of 'white guilt.' But the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt.

John Piper

LifeHopeSufferingPrideMy Life

I have to travel for my work, so the idea of getting on planes depresses me. They give me frequent-flyer points, and I think, 'I don't want them, because I'm sick of flying!'

Stephen Frears

WorkTravelMeSickFlyingThink

You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.

Tracey Gold

LifeLiveLive LifeYouTalkStay

You know, in a way, I wish I could hate a little more. It would make me a more rounded personality.

Rod McKuen

HatePersonalityMeWishYouKnow

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