Emma Tennant Quotes

I didn't go to university; I hardly went to school, but I grew up among people well versed in Henry James and Proust, and just felt this endless, total inadequacy.

Emma Tennant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 20, 1937 - January 21, 2017

Topics

SchoolPeopleGoUniversityUpWell

You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face.

Jimmy Carr

FaceYouWantNeverGrumpyGuy

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing poorly first.

Joel Salatin

JobDoingWorthFirstPoorly

Suffering is always hard to quantify - especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer's. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer's destroys the mind - and in the process, annihilates the very self.

Jeffrey Kluger

PainMindSufferingSelfProcess

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!

Steve Irwin

WowMeansGeeWhiz

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

Sidney Poitier

KindPrincipalMonthDemandEight

The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.

Jared Polis

GovernmentInformationPersonalPoor

A lot of people might sit back and watch Dominick Cruz doing his footwork, and say, 'Oh, Dominick Cruz just dancing around, and he runs away.' It's a totally different atmosphere until you get in there, and you actually experience it.

Demetrious Johnson

ExperiencePeopleDoingYouBack

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

Chuck Close

ThinkAmericaProblemSystemArts

The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.

Bob Schaffer

GovernmentHelpWayFirstOutGet

As CEO of Accenture, I am not French anymore. When I'm in India, I am Indian. We are a company with no physical headquarters. We operate on a virtual level. Our leadership meetings are teleconferences, which is why the Board asked me to stay on in France. And I tell others to stay in their own countries.

Pierre Nanterme

LeadershipI AmMeMeetingsIndia

I've always been aware of the emphasis on beauty in Hollywood, and I think that as one does get older, it can be scary.

Sherilyn Fenn

BeautyThinkHollywoodScaryAlways

We wind a simple ring of iron with coils; we establish the connections to the generator, and with wonder and delight we note the effects of strange forces which we bring into play, which allow us to transform, to transmit and direct energy at will.

Nikola Tesla

SimpleWindEnergyConnectionsPlay

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