Henning Mankell Quotes

Although I never marched through the streets shouting for Mao, I do believe that the liberation of China at the end of the 1940s was a wonderful thing and to provide its people with a billion pairs of shoes and trousers was a fantastic achievement.

Henning Mankell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: February 3, 1948 - October 5, 2015

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Live TV, which is happening as you see it, is very exciting to do. Any mistake is seen by millions, and if there is a technical breakdown, one has to ad lib or improvise like mad.

Jimmy Savile

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When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get a lot of press.

Joe Bonamassa

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Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work.

Jerry Lewis

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I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach.

Amber Tamblyn

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I really love that: bringing people together and feeling the love.

Romy Madley Croft

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I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time.

Miuccia Prada

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After four seasons with Tottenham, where I had grown as much as possible, I needed new challenges for the sake of improving.

Luka Modric

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I really loved traveling the U.S. and seeing regional differences within the same country and how the same ingredients are used in very different ways. I love how the 'old guard' of cuisine are still pioneering so much of the direction of food today.

Johnny Iuzzini

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I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about Sarah Vaughan. You would go to a show and see Ella Fitzgerald performing the music of the Beatles.

Dianne Reeves

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I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.

Chris Rock

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The South was influential in my life. It helped form who I am. I went to New York out of drama school, and I lived in California.

Connie Britton

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When I started, I was a theater actress, and there were roles that I couldn't imagine not playing, like Rosalind in 'As You Like It.' I used to think I would die if I could play that. But then I started doing movies, and I had children, and I moved to Los Angeles. And now I kind of can't remember what those roles would be.

Annette Bening

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