Jane Gardam Quotes

Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until my youngest child went to school, and then I began - the first morning - and I've never stopped.

Jane Gardam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 11, 1928

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MotherMorningGreatWifeSchool

You cannot will yourself to be interested in something you're not interested in. But you can actively discover and deepen your interest.

Angela Duckworth

YourselfYouWillInterestSomething

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

Ang Lee

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We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

Jeff Ament

ThoughtBandRightAlwaysUpBeen

My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.

Amber Tamblyn

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I like to bring my kids to the voting booth to show them how it works. I'll let them draw their own conclusions as to how worthwhile it is.

Stephen J. Dubner

VotingConclusionsOwnBringKids

Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or talking about these topics.

Steven Sinofsky

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Buy the best you can find or afford and don't over manipulate it. If I cook a scallop, the best praise you can give me is that it tastes like a scallop.

Tom Colicchio

BestMeYouFindPraiseOver

The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.

Mike DeWine

ParentsPeopleYoungEntertainment

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. You don't have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It's that fear of going back down.

Jay-Z

FailureFearPeopleThinkYouLose

The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will hold the American economy hostage in order to achieve a specific agenda - at least not until 2013. So we think that is incredibly important as a matter of economic good.

Jay Carney

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What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

Joseph Wambaugh

FirePeopleAboutWrittenWondered

But one thing that's constant is we've always appreciated fans. They put us on the map and they keep us on the map. I always put myself in their position. If I loved someone and had their posters all over my wall and met them and they were rude it would be very hurtful.

Cheryl James

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