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Gordon Sinclair Quotes

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

Gordon Sinclair

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: June 3, 1900 - May 17, 1984

Topics

Reward Paris Up Streets Danger Saw

Being pretty... I'm just confused about it. I mean, I love getting my nails done, but I also like dressing like a boy. I think I feel most myself when I'm mixing femininity and masculinity. Like, fifty-fifty.

Jill Soloway

Love Myself Think Feel Confused Boy

Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten.

Mel Gibson

Writing Why Hard Little Gig Convey

I'm happiest on set because I'm not myself. I'm someone else. The moustache, the dinner jacket. It's not me. You're always this sort of double, and it's liberating. Imagine being stuck with yourself... all those doubts.

Jean Dujardin

Myself Yourself Me Dinner Someone

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

Amitabh Bachchan

Free Body Sometimes Structure Fact

When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It's not that simple.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Hope Simple Yourself Medicine You

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

Chris Bohjalian

Love Fun Story Why Write Yes

Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course.

Clive Anderson

Father Mother Music Lucky Up West

Fancy GPS systems and space-age tractors are what most excite the farmers I know and astound their city friends.

Chrystia Freeland

City Friends Know Farmers Fancy

I really want to go to Harvard; it's just a matter of timing.

Aubrey Peeples

Go Timing Want Matter Harvard Just

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

Shawn Johnson

Life Me Calm Normal Grounded Other

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.

Rick Wakeman

Music You Ready Place Go Need

People in America think of it as a sad and downtrodden place, and I guess it could be, but it's not because that's not who Cubans are. In Cuba, you get a good story every day you go out walking. People are so funny.

Mark Kurlansky

Funny Good Sad Day People Think