Martha Grimes Quotes

There are people who read Tolstoy or Dostoevski who do not insist that their endings be happy or pleasant or, at least, not be depressing. But if you're writing mysteries - oh, no, you can't have an ending like that. It must be tidy.

Martha Grimes

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HappyPeopleBe HappyWritingEnding

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.

John Oliver

LifeSoulMy LifeMy SoulNewsTake

I have sane friends, solvent friends, foodie friends, and friends who can take time off in the week, but I don't know one single person who ticks all those boxes.

John Lanchester

TimeFriendsWeekPersonKnowTake

A lot of people, including me, are worried that inequality will lead to bad things.

Angus Deaton

PeopleMeBadInequalityWillLead

When you run an entrepreneurial business, you have hurry sickness - you don't look back, you advance and consolidate. But it is such fun.

Anita Roddick

BusinessFunSicknessYouLookBack

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

Michael Ashcroft

LeadershipJobStrongBetterValues

If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying that's right, but it's a fact, and I'm surprised that more people don't accept or acknowledge that and try to adapt in some way.

Trent Reznor

MusicPeopleFreeSayingSearchYou

Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology.

Jonathan Sacks

AgeHistoryBestReligionSociety

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

David Suzuki

EyesChildWorldSeeThroughBeing

In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.

Clay Aiken

AcceptanceChildPeopleWorldSuffer

I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.

Sheryl Crow

WomenTimeWritingLongYouThrough

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

Shania Twain

TimeSomeoneGlamorousWho

I love racing and I love doing well.

Scott Dixon

LoveRacingDoingWellI Love

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