Nick Harkaway Quotes

Digital books are still painfully ugly and weirdly irritating to interact with. They look like copies of paper, but they can't be designed or typeset in the same way as paper, and however splendid the cover images may look on a hi-res screen, they're still images rather than physical things.

Nick Harkaway

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UglyLookWayDigitalSameMay

When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up.

Jerry Reinsdorf

MotherTimeReal EstateLawWinYou

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Andrew Jackson

ConstitutionWorthNothingBubble

You did not disturb Hemingway before noon on Monday through Friday - he was in his office, writing the books that made the lifestyle possible.

Michael Gerber

MondayWritingFridayYouPossible

For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.

Michael Douglas

LoveGreatHateFunSharksPlay

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

Amanda Lindhout

WomenFaceOppressionAlmostSomalia

Every woman actress is somewhat vain, and I am, too. You really have to take care of yourself.

Sibel Kekilli

WomanYourselfI AmCareTake Care

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.

Robert E. Sherwood

FoolManLiarPlayDamnPassionate

One of the great things about history is that it sort of isn't a done deal - ever. The historical texts and the historical evidence that you use is always somehow giving you different answers because you're asking it different questions.

Mary Beard

HistoryGreatGivingQuestionsYou

I feel like I'm evolving quickly with my confidence, physically, just everything.

Miesha Tate

ConfidenceFeelEverythingEvolving

I remember taking my stabilisers off my bike with my dad in the back garden. It was a small little bike, and it was called Poppy, had balloons on it, and was purple.

Lizzie Armitstead

BikeSmallRememberBackGardenOff

Growing up in the '70s and '80s when my dad had an art gallery, one of the things that frustrated me was the world seemed so tiny, and to appreciate contemporary art, you needed a history of art, a formal education. I was more interested in the people, and that's why I went into the movie business in the first place.

Jason Blum

EducationBusinessHistoryArtWorld

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

Donnie Wahlberg

GreatFoodChickenEuropePretty

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