Holly Lisle Quotes

Writing is a puzzle you'll spend your lifetime unlocking. You will never know it all; you will never know enough. You can always be better, and figuring out how to be better is part of the thrill and joy of the job.

Holly Lisle

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My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

Michael Clarke Duncan

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I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.

Michael Connelly

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I think Russell Brand's books should be criticised for being rubbish - but it is true that there's a professional class of opinion-former who has a financial interest in their job not being taken away.

Stewart Lee

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I grew up with very elegant parents; their black and white photographs and style are still a huge source of inspiration in designing my collections.

Tory Burch

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If I hear music that has a hole in it and has a space for me to fit in, I go for that stuff.

Mike Dean

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Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Dennis Prager

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In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I am drawn to those kinds of stories because they inspire me - they are responsible to a populace and responsible to man.

David Strathairn

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Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

Clint Eastwood

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You know the stories of a woman saying to Churchill, 'Sir, you're drunk,' and he said to her, 'And you're ugly, but in the morning I'll be sober.' I was really excited to do that scene, but I did get slapped.

Thomas Howes

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I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

Norton Juster

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The debate about the war seems pretty robust and free. Many publications, from the New Yorker to the Nation, feel perfectly comfortable printing anti-American articles and that's fine. That's what the First Amendment is all about.

Rich Lowry

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As improvisers, we're acting as composers in front of people.

Kurt Elling

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