Lionel Shriver Quotes

Authors are free to ignore their editors' advice. I often avail myself of this veto power - sometimes out of a pigheadedness for which I'll pay the price.

Lionel Shriver

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PowerMyselfFreeAdviceIgnorePay

An artist is his own fault.

John O'Hara

ArtistFaultOwnHis

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment.

Angie Stone

DisappointmentMeBackNothingUp

No single race has a monopoly on racism.

Tomi Lahren

RacismRaceSingleMonopoly

I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.

Rowan Atkinson

GoodToyLikeCollectorManyCauses

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

Mick Jagger

TeaThreeNastyTakeGotHabits

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

PositiveLeaderFuturePoliticsI Am

For years I exercised to be thinner, and I never got the results I wanted. When I finally started working out to be healthier, I saw a transformation. I've even quit weighing myself so I don't obsess over the numbers.

Judy Reyes

MyselfTransformationResultsNumbers

I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.

Jason Momoa

TeachLittleStillKidsHowSkate

As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I testify to you this day that the time will come when every one of us will look into the Savior's loving eyes.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

EyesTimeDayYouLookLoving

You have to be creative. It's the basics. You can't be Picasso unless you know how to draw a real face; then you can turn it upside down.

Diane English

CreativeFaceUpside DownYouDown

Although it's difficult, if not impossible, to put a dollar value on the numerous services nature provides, leaving them out of economic calculations means they are often ignored.

David Suzuki

NatureValueImpossibleLeavingOut

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Thomas Jefferson

GoodMindBelieveDoingDoing Good

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