Linda Grant Quotes

I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.

Linda Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 15, 1951

Topics

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My uncle wrestled in the late '80s to early '90s, and I was too young to see his matches. However, he has always supported me in my journey, and I think that without his support, all this would not have been possible. He taught me a lot, and he is the reason that I'm a WWE wrestler.

Jinder Mahal

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I was the original voice of Mattel's Barbie for an '80s claymation workout video.

Jodi Benson

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Actually, no, but I am close to the people who are working on Chicken Little, and I'm very close to the people over at Pixar. I mean, as far as stories are concerned, almost everything we have could be told that way.

Joe Grant

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I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

John Corbett

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I have a very, very difficult job.

Ana Patricia Botin

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I never in my life saw myself as a game show host. I don't want to be a traffic cop.

Steve Harvey

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I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

Roscoe Mitchell

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I think people are tired of fake music, man. And there's a lot of it. Technology has reached the point where any boob can walk into a studio and with a little AutoTuning you can have a hit song. I think it's pathetic.

Corey Taylor

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Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes.

Chrystia Freeland

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Augustus Hare

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I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.

Anton du Beke

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Unexpectedly, I'm here now, so I need to let all the U.S. marketers know that Asians are not different. We are all the same.

Psy

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