Sarah Weinman Quotes

Britain proves to be an ideal setting for many a medieval-minded crime novelist, regardless of century.

Sarah Weinman

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CrimeCenturyIdealRegardlessMany

For all the splendours of the world's greatest galleries, visitors are likely to be kept at arm's length, spectators of a world that can seem too rarefied to let them in.

Jim Crace

WorldSeemGreatestLengthArmThem

I worked on 'Happy-Go-Lucky' for seven-and-a-half months, and I'm in it for two minutes - largely because Sally Hawkins turned left instead of right.

Andrea Riseborough

RightTwoLeftBecauseMinutes

When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing personal or private; it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.

Ani DiFranco

LifeAttitudeCouragePeopleWriting

If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.

Ann Romney

WomanYouEarlyWantCancerCatch

Brandeis is so fast and loose and informal, I didn't have any problem offering a history course as a biologist. The barriers would be far more formidable, unscalable, at other institutions. But this is a user-friendly place. It's 'Shmedrik University' - that's a Yiddish word for even worse than schlemiel.

Jeffrey C. Hall

HistoryProblemFastPlaceBarriers

Empowering yourself is an essential component to building mental strength and creating the kind of life you want.

Amy Morin

LifeStrengthYourselfBuildingYou

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

Amy Tan

FamilyThinkEncouragementFiction

There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes.

Trey Gowdy

PerceptionPoliticalYouGoingYour

My secrets must be poetic to be believable.

Mick Jagger

SecretsMustBelievablePoetic

I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that.

Mirai Nagasu

PeopleWorldThinkFeelSomeoneYou

I learned how to get in shape without getting certain muscles too big that make you look like a meathead.

Jason Dohring

YouLookWithoutShapeBigGet

To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.

Dennis Banks

FamilyRespectHonorRunBuffalo

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