Graham Swift Quotes

I came from a lower-middle-class postwar family in a time of austerity and retrenchment, with no one in the family who was in any way artistic or a potential mentor to a budding writer, and yet this is what I became.

Graham Swift

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 4, 1949

Topics

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I want to cement my own legacy and, most importantly, motivate the youth of India and make all of India proud.

Jinder Mahal

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My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War.

Joel Kinnaman

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I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

Jeremy Clarkson

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There is only one Dwayne Johnson. What Dwayne has done is absolutely fantastic. He had a vision when he was here at WWE. He promotes like a mad man. We'll see how I do with John Cena before I can be mentioned in the company of Dwayne Johnson.

John Cena

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Race was thick in the O.J. Simpson case from the very beginning, but it wasn't evident. And I think the O.J. Simpson case revealed that there is subtle race, and there is sophisticated race, and there's evident and observable race.

Michael Eric Dyson

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The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.

Ron Suskind

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Creating the right advisory board for your startup can be the single most important step you take in building a new business.

Jay Samit

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I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn't take much!

Jasika Nicole

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I don't think it's fair to pinpoint Asia in terms of piracy. It's a worldwide problem. With 'The Expendables 3,' piracy extended everywhere, and over 10 percent of it was in the United States. So I don't want to put my hands over my eyes. It's a shame there is no DVD business in a lot of Asia, certainly China and India.

Jon Feltheimer

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It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be anything but understanding, and I think it's good for everybody to get out and see someplace other than where you grew up.

Brad Paisley

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Goal scoring is what I do, and it's the thing that makes me most happy, so I'm really happy inside. But I'm just not the sort of guy who shows that sort of emotion on the outside too much.

Anthony Martial

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If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

Wilt Chamberlain

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