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Penelope Lively Quotes

Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present.

Penelope Lively

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

History Past Present Collective Suit

I'd say that the whole 'sitting on the Iron Throne' experience is intended to be a novelty for people who don't have that many encounters with thrones in their day to day lives.

John Bradley-West

Experience Day People Say Sitting

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

Live Moment Culture Reading You Way

I'm enjoying simplifying things.

Jennifer Aniston

Things Enjoying

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.

Action Feel Need Cut Filmmaker Like

I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.

Anna Deavere Smith

Teacher Child People Loved Friends

Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.

Michael Carbonaro

Love Good Live People Doing Magic

I'll do whatever I can do to remain employed. I'm just not precious about doing comedy or doing drama. I never want to do something in order to prove to other people what I can do.

People Comedy Doing I Can Drama

Science is not a collection of facts; it is a process of discovery.

Science Facts Process Discovery

I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

Book Believe Impact I Believe Years

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

Dog Pet Stand House Well Lover

To get pregnant, I have resorted to artificial insemination. I want to openly talk about it because this is an opportunity to show my gratitude to all those anonymous donors who help many women to meet, like me, the dream of their life.

Life Women Opportunity Gratitude Me

In an age where everything and everyone is linked through networks of glass and air, no one - no business, organization, government agency, country - is an island. We need to do right by all our stakeholders, and that's how you create value for shareholders. And one thing is for sure - no organization can succeed in a world that is failing.

Business Age Government Value World

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