Mark Barrowcliffe Quotes

When Reg died and we first looked into getting a new dog, I was adamant we should pick up a mongrel from an animal-rescue shelter. It's not only that they're usually healthier and have better temperaments, they also fit with my world view - I prefer a ballpoint to a fountain pen, a barber to a hair stylist, and camping over glamping.

Mark Barrowcliffe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 1, 1964

Topics

DogHairWorldBetterViewPen

Fundamentally, we need a mind-shift that reconnects our development to the biosphere to ensure good and safe lives for all in the future.

Johan Rockstrom

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We're probably going to see some post-2014 military presence - some U.S. presence and a NATO presence - and while we've got much work to do in the next 29 months, we'll have additional time later for the continued professionalization of the Afghan security forces.

John R. Allen

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Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'

Steven Wright

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It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions.

Simone Biles

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I don't expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, 'I love 'Drag Race,' and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.' Not necessarily an obvious crossover.

Trixie Mattel

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There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?

Roger Ebert

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I am a mixture of idealist and realist.

Roger Moore

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I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

Michel Legrand

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In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but it's not a conversation, it's a monologue. It's always from one point of view. 'If we don't tell our own stories, no one will tell them' is my mantra.

Mira Nair

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When I became a teenager, I got very into clothing. I remember cutting Gucci advertisements and sticking them on my wall.

Jonathan Anderson

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I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

Doris Lessing

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In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

Christian Lacroix

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