Julie Burchill Quotes

Can I just say here how much I hate the word 'pamper'? While pretending to celebrate and indulge women, it actually implies that their bodies are so revolting that even their 'me time' must be dedicated to turning them into living dolls if potential suitors are to be prevented from running screaming in horror.

Julie Burchill

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I sat down with a yellow legal pad and began writing 'A Time to Kill.' Had no idea what I was doing. It became, over a period of several years, a secret little hobby nobody knew about except my wife, because she was reading chapter by chapter.

John Grisham

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

John Dalberg-Acton

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We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results.

Megan Smith

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I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

John Podhoretz

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There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.

Stephen Hopkins

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Playing the piano is incredibly personal... But when it's your own piece, it's doubly so.

Stephen Hough

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I think there is sort of a disconnect in this country between people that served in the military, understand the culture of it and what it is, and the people who only know what they see on the news and read - and they don't really get a feel for the culture.

Ron Livingston

CulturePeopleThinkFeelCountry

I like that it's challenging - that when I'm writing, I feel as if I'm pouring everything I have into the story until there's nothing left and I have to begin thinking about a new world and set of circumstances to research and explore.

Molly Antopol

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If I could have a family and a home one night, and all of it's gone the next, that must mean that life has the capacity to change. And then I thought, 'Whoa! That means that just as change happens to me, I can cause change in my life.'

Liz Murray

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Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.

Lord Mountbatten

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I love walking along Leith's waterfront and wandering around some of New Town's beautiful streets and squares, with their gorgeous Georgian architecture.

Dexter Fletcher

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When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.

Bong Joon-ho

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