Nina Bawden Quotes

I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine.

Nina Bawden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FriendMotherStreetSheTellUp

People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.

Jimmy Wales

FunPeopleInterestingThings

I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself I don't want to do this anymore. I'm looking for some stability. I want to stay home.

Joe Mantegna

HomeMyselfDayLookingThoughtSay

'Wipeout' is a giant obstacle course for adults of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Whoever wins takes home $50,000 and gets to brag to all of their coworkers that they made it out alive!

Jill Wagner

HomeAliveOutCoworkersObstacle

I tend to be hypercritical of my performances. That's why I hate watching them with people I know.

Jill Flint

HatePeopleKnowWhyWatchingThem

You can always say that it was scarce dollars when Lewis and Clark wanted to go to the West Coast and explore the West. And people complained about it, I understand, from a reading of the history books.

John Glenn

HistoryPeopleReadingYouGoSay

Stand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst.

Melissa Peterman

MoviesWorstImprovTVThing

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

Max Beerbohm

DoingWorthDoneAnythingThings

With film, I always sit with people first and talk a while, and then we read or sing or whatever. I never sit behind a table. I get up; I work with them. I do everything I possibly can to not audition them. I can find out the best of them from them feeling comfortable and appreciated. I'd never let someone leave feeling not valued.

Rob Marshall

WorkBestPeopleSomeoneFindTable

A dream is better than obligation.

Riyad Mahrez

BetterDreamObligationThan

To be prepared is half the victory.

Miguel de Cervantes

SuccessVictoryBe PreparedHalf

At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it's going to feel stiff.

Drew Barrymore

LifeWorkFunHaving FunThinkLose

I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other.

Chris Martin

RelationshipTogetherThinkYouWhy

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