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Kevin Whately Quotes

Mum had regular mental tests with her specialist, but because of her academic background, she became brilliant at manipulating them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: February 6, 1951

Topics

Brilliant She Academic Mental Her

I decided to sing again after settling in Newark in 1982. I had a burning desire to sing and lots of encouragement from my new wife, Earlene.

Wife Encouragement New Desire Sing

I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off.

John Hickenlooper

Colorado Company Everyone Out Here

My books - I kid you not - are very often shelved between DeLillo and de Sade. Which not only completely cracks me up, but it seems like an encouraging message from the universe: between those two, there's a lot of wiggle room. I feel just fine there.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Me Universe Feel You Kid Room

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

Two Same Show Nights Any

On bikeback, there is a delightful sense of self-direction and autonomy. Lately, I have taken to cycling slowly, more fun than the fast, competitive commuter cycling I used to do. No longer do I jump lights or attempt that irritating wobbling thing that semi-professional cyclists like to indulge in.

Fun Fast Jump Lights More Used

In high school, I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch, and once I graduated from business school at USC, I started a company with my partner and had a nine-to-seven job.

Business Job School High School High

My wife, Bojana, is a doctor; we both work intense hours and have months when we barely see each other. It isn't easy, but we realize nobody said it was supposed to be!

Michael Weatherly

Work Wife Doctor Easy Nobody Said

Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.

Joyce Carol Oates

Character Aesthetic Out Shape Evolve

I do know that I love placing my stories in Michigan because, if you collect all the ideas, it turns the whole state into one kaleidoscopic, frightening place. Michigan as house of horrors.

Love Ideas You House Place Know

When I came to El Bulli, right away I knew I was becoming part of something incredible. It was like watching the Big Bang happening right in front of me.

Me Watching Right Big Bang Big Away

I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing.

Research Writing Start Go Out Going

My family's lineage, we are warriors. The McGregor clan, we are warriors all through. We are famous all through the world for our fighting capabilities of all generations. So I have no doubt that's stood to me and that led me down this path and gave me what I have.

Family Path Me World Fighting Doubt

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