James M. Barrie Quotes

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.

James M. Barrie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937

Topics

BookFirstDaysSureInkPublished

For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.

John Burnside

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I'm a really huge fan of papaya juice.

Andy Milonakis

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Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.

John Stossel

FreedomTrustLearnBadAuthority

I work with my brother a lot, and we don't fight - probably because it's not two girls. And he's six years older. But I have daughters who are three years apart, and they fight all the time.

Sofia Coppola

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A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

Simone Weil

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Because I do so many action-oriented films, I started working with stunt people doing fight training, then I found it to be just great exercise. Also I like to be fit, so I've continued on with fight training. Right before I got to do 'Conan,' I was fighting off four guys. Its great fun. And strange.

Rose McGowan

GreatTrainingFightFunPeople

I was really excited by the idea that people were sharing information now and discovering information in a totally new way on the Internet via Twitter and Facebook, yet that experience was pretty clunk and just lots of bit.ly links.

Mike McCue

ExperiencePeopleInternetNewWay

Don't fall in love with the map. The map doesn't win elections.

Mitch McConnell

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Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.

Joyce Carol Oates

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In effect, there has been a significant shortfall in the overall amount of monetary policy stimulus since early 2009.

Janet Yellen

EarlyPolicySignificantBeenEffect

A pickup in demand in many advanced economies and a stabilization in commodity prices should, in turn, boost the growth prospects of emerging market economies.

Janet Yellen

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If you listen to one of my albums, you can tell I do a lot of different things. In the case of 'Vincent', I thought of his picture 'Starry Night.' It was a beautiful road-map for a song. I used a lot of imagery from that painting.

Don McLean

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