Lionel Shriver Quotes

I can't be alone among fiction writers in regarding the world, so much weirder than anything we could make up, as beating us at our own game or in racking my brains over what could possibly constitute a contribution when novels pale before the newspaper.

Lionel Shriver

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AloneWorldGameContributionOver

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.

Jessica Savitch

FamilyAttitudeFocusConflictYou

I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.

Ann Coulter

PeopleThinkTaxVoteTestLiteracy

I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading these four children into unknown waters.

Stella McCartney

ChildrenMeHusbandShipDriving

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

Stanley Baldwin

PoliticsYouFindWillNeverFalse

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Sigmund Freud

EgoWhereIDShall

I can only think of about four players who I do not have anywhere from a good to a great relationship with.

Tony La Russa

GoodRelationshipGreatThinkI Can

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.

Miguel de Cervantes

SheepCommandFlockThoughThing

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

Louis Kahn

ArchitectureSpaceThoughtfulMaking

The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; to give when we want to take; to love when we are inclined to hate; to include when are tempted to exclude.

Jon Meacham

LoveHateReachDownWantOut

You can't always expect to work with a director who guarantees success.

Dhanush

WorkSuccessYouDirectorAlways

I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

Brian J. White

TimeParentsMeMomThreeShe

If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens.

Brad Bird

SpaceYouStopWayLittleSomething

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