Nina Bawden Quotes

I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck.

Nina Bawden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 19, 1925 - August 22, 2012

Topics

BackMoreNeckBeenWouldCourse

In the entertainment business, everybody is desperately insecure, and the guys in Silicon Valley seem to be slightly overconfident.

Jimmy Iovine

BusinessEntertainmentSeemValley

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from.

Amy Tan

MyselfGratefulImaginationIdeas

I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.

Amir Khan

GoldConfidentI CanTakeBeijing

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So today I'm driving the bus.' And everybody's like, 'What?' And you're like, 'I'm gonna drive the bus.' And they're like, 'But you don't know how to drive the bus.'

Mike Birbiglia

TodayDriveDrivingShowing UpYou

There are so many beautiful girls who aren't photogenic. In real life, half the models you see look really hideous.

Lisanne Falk

LifeBeautifulYouLookRealSee

The truth is, my life was made infinitely more difficult because I didn't read any books. But I didn't read any books. That's my story. That's my truth.

Jason Reynolds

LifeTruthTruth IsStoryMy Life

With comedy, I've always had a pretty good sense of what I like and how to execute it well, but drama has its own rules.

Jonathan Krisel

GoodComedyRulesDramaAlwaysOwn

It is what makes us human, what distinguishes us from other animals. We can be aware of being aware.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

AnimalsHumanBeingUsAwareMakes

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

Christian Dior

BeautySecretWithoutZest

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Boris Yeltsin

LiveGreatManFlameEndBetter

I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.

Atom Egoyan

WayLuckyRightFilmBeenJust

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

Sydney Smith

LoveRespectMannersShadowsVirtues

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