Emma Tennant Quotes

Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and there was always something that would stop me, I thought they were asking me for the wrong motives.

Emma Tennant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyPeopleMeThoughtWrongStop

My Barbies were usually naked. Once, I took their heads off, cut their hair, drew on their short, spiky hair with some markers, then stuck the heads on Christmas lights. Every year, we'd string our tree with those Barbie heads. It looked demonic. My parents were so cool - they saw it as a form of self-expression.

Jessica Biel

TreeParentsCoolHairShortYear

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

John Cage

PeopleIdeasNewWhyUnderstandOld

Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.

Jeff Fortenberry

ResponsibilityCongressMustFiscal

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.

John Ruskin

BusinessArtBestMenCallMay

I love to run. It's how I clear my head.

Ana Ivanovic

LoveRunHeadClearHowI Love

The E-government cabinet, E-health services, online voting, online pre-filled tax returns, e-mobile parking, are all examples of Estonian innovation, but far more importantly, they are examples of the transformative power of intensive and extensive use of Information Technology in the public sector.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

TechnologyInnovationPowerVoting

I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.

Mireille Guiliano

TimeBookI CanNeverWithoutLeave

My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.

Johnny Mathis

FunnyMomSpecialChristmasPoorUs

A guy that's going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that.

Draymond Green

WorkTeamLittle ThingsThinkCare

The confidence level that Steph is playing with now, obviously, you won't totally stop him. If I'm playing against him right now, I think I'd try to pick him up full court, get the ball out of his hands, try to be a little physical.

Chauncey Billups

ConfidenceThinkHandsYouStopTry

Would you love a man of a broken shell after the passing of a women's soul?

Brian Perkins

LoveWomenSoulManBrokenYou

I had to go off by myself to try and discover what my talent really was.

Alice Ripley

MyselfTalentGoTryOffDiscover

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