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Mark Haddon Quotes

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: September 26, 1962

Topics

Good Children Book Think Bad Books

I'm not a natural employer. I live very privately, and we like our privacy at home. To be sitting and talking with your wife or your family and to have somebody walking around and you're ignoring them, I couldn't handle that at all. I can barely handle a cleaning lady coming in every so often.

Family Home Live Wife Walking You

But what I did think would be interesting is if we created a fictitious story of our own, and then took these stories that we had collected and assigned them to characters who would be played by actors.

Story Think Interesting Own Would

I watch a lot of movies. I've watched movies since I was a kid. My dad brought me to the theater once a week. Always - it was a must. So I think that influenced me a lot to be an actor.

Me Think Week Movies Actor Kid

What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.

Anna Deavere Smith

Work Practice Effort Space Think

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

Food Words Chef You Be Prepared Eat

People are very interested in having access to wireless data while they are on a plane.

People Data Wireless Interested Very

Klopp is a great tactician and a great coach.

Roberto Firmino

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.

Lisa Scottoline

Lawyer Loved Divorce Born Way Soon

Creating the right advisory board for your startup can be the single most important step you take in building a new business.

Business Step Building You Creating

Even without seeing the crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and katydids, we hear them shrilling in this season and trust that they're the tiny living gargoyles entomologists claim.

Trust Seeing Living Without Claim

Ultimately, I just decided stand-up comedy is a huge commitment, and if you want to be the best, you have to give it one hundred per cent.

Best Commitment Comedy You Want

I think that the most important thing we look for in partners is that they can help build companies and, you know, we have the - we have the opportunity to do that at different stages.

Opportunity Think Help You Look

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