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Elliot Perlman Quotes

I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote.

Elliot Perlman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: australian
Birth: May 7, 1964

Topics

Women Festivals Know Vote Way Like

Whenever the names of the disciples are enumerated in the New Testament, St. Peter's stands at their head.

John Strachan

New Names Head Disciples Peter

In cities like Miami, my hair can get so frizzy, it looks crazy. I use TRESemm Extra Hold hairspray. I use a lot of it.

Ana Ivanovic

Crazy Hair Miami Looks Hold Get

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

Tom Stoppard

Worth Twice Idea Once Having

I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

Rob Lowe

You Independent Call Would Moderate

The crowd is the crowd. You're gonna take them as an individual performer how you take them. The key is how do you learn from them. How do you use whatever is happening reaction-wise to get better.

Roman Reigns

Key Better Learn You Whatever Take

In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. Those were lovely days for gastronomy, I must say.

Julia Child

People Smoking Fat You Say Talk

All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.

Joyce Carol Oates

Life Family Love Writing Reading

My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular.

Josh Radnor

Hate Purpose Cool Reading You Want

I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.

Drake Bell

Beach Up Beatles Oldies Led Zeppelin

I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge - my way of speaking, of dealing with my own issues and connecting with the world.

Petra Collins

Art School Writing World Reading

For most of my career I did one comic a day, every day, including weekends and holidays.

Scott Adams

Day Holidays Every Day Career Most

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

Scott McClellan

Mistake War Grave Unnecessary Waging