Hugh Leonard Quotes

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.

Hugh Leonard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 9, 1926 - February 12, 2009

Topics

FatherDeathWritingPlayKnowHim

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

Jim Butcher

PassionLivingGetEverybodyShould

Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe.

John Major

ValueYouCreateCrisisPayEurope

I think I'm prouder of 'The Victim' than anything else, just because, if nothing else, it doesn't look silly, it doesn't look stupid. It holds up. It's fun. A lot of people have enjoyed it, and I'm real happy about it.

Michael Biehn

FunHappyPeopleStupidThinkLook

I had this dream of starting a pizza business since college. I came up with the name, menu, and recipes back then.

John Schnatter

BusinessPizzaCollegeNameDream

Long before it was 'Raided' and 'Lost' with Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant was originally stolen from the Israelites by The Philistines; The Ark of the Covenant was the nuclear bomb of its age: when activated, it was devastating.

Rob Liefeld

AgeLongLostIndianaStolenBefore

Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been doing it for years. It takes something - guts, gumption, self-delusion - to ask for a reader's time when we all know there's nothing new under the sun; that it's all been said, or written, before.

Rumaan Alam

TimeSunWritingThinkDoingKnow

I like to prove things wrong.

Mickey Drexler

WrongProveThingsLike

Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing.

Mitch Daniels

LifeThoughtFirstAlwaysChances

A 1920s dress I wore on my 21st birthday... literally disintegrated on me. I had the most wild debauched night. And that disintegrated dress sits in my closet - such a great memory.

Liz Goldwyn

BirthdayGreatDressMemoryMeWild

If I were to think of myself as a role model, I would say that it's really important to realize when you are a role model and to be willing to give advice, share how you do things.

Julia Hartz

MyselfThinkAdviceYouRole Model

I'm a normal person, and I'm going to make mistakes. I think people have to accept that.

Jazz Jennings

MistakesPeopleThinkPersonAccept

If you do generic things, you know, after a while, brands or designers become stagnated.

Jonathan Anderson

YouKnowBecomeThingsGeneric

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