Janet Fitch Quotes

My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's great readers. Every two weeks, he'd take me to our local branch library and pull books off the shelf for me, stacking them up in my arms - 'Have you read this? And this? And this?'

Janet Fitch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 9, 1955

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FatherGreatMeWorldLibraryYou

Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service.

Jimmy Carr

ServiceBreakfastMeHotelLuxury

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.

Jeremy Bentham

GoodPeopleMeasureWrongRight

If a company is growing, then people's roles often grow and change, and opportunities abound.

Andrew Yang

ChangePeopleOpportunitiesGrow

I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.

Melissa Rosenberg

WomanExpectationsThinkBetterLook

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

Mel Brooks

MeStoryThinkArmySomewhereFilm

I am not stroppy at all.

Andy Murray

I AmAm

If we want to revive and achieve the American Dream, we need to change a situation in which the people whose hard work makes this country run cannot earn a living wage, while bankers, speculators, and corporate elites - the real 'takers' in today's society - skim off far more than their fair share.

Stephanie Coontz

WorkHard WorkChangeTodayPeople

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

Sienna Miller

LoveAttentionActingLivingLucky

I'm very emotional about my animals.

Trudie Styler

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Matthew Lowe is one of the great water men that I know. He's a surfer, a great water polo player. I think he's half fish.

Rob Lowe

GreatWaterMenThinkFishKnow

One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was a shock for me to find out that it was actually hard to make a living as a writer.

Michael Tolkin

FatherMeFindLivingHardOut

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

Julia Cameron

GrowthYourselfStepForwardBack

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