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Muriel Spark Quotes

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: scottish
Birth: February 1, 1918 - April 13, 2006

Topics

Christian Seriously First Take Pope

No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the same way.

People Information Way Two People

I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in Chicago and didn't want to become a waitress here.

Work Great New York Moving Thought

At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I was too ambitious musically to settle for it. And I wanted to gamble with whatever talent I might have had.

Talent Year You Settle Musically

Once I had seen 'Journey to Italy,' I knew that, even if I were never to make movies, I could make them.

Jean-Luc Godard

Journey Movies Never Seen Even Knew

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places.

Jeanette Winterson

Experience Professionalism Accomplish

I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.

Success Door Back Get Understood

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.

Great Culture Accountability Think

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

Love God Man Love Is Wealth Only

After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht and traveled the world instead of returning to Steppenwolf to act in and write plays. But I'm from the Midwest, and that's what we do: We go back to work.

Life Work Change Success People

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.

Woman You Abortion Choice Difficult

As a medical doctor and cardiac surgeon, I had the responsibility of performing open-heart surgery on President Spencer W. Kimball in 1972, when he was Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Russell M. Nelson

Responsibility Medical Doctor Acting

I'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.

Mary Ann Mobley

Home Two Month Days Those Pack

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