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Katie McGrath Quotes

I had this vague notion that one day I might be editor of 'Vogue China.' It was a bizarre ambition, as I didn't speak a word of Chinese. There were flaws in my plan, admittedly.

Katie McGrath

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: irish
Birth: 1983

Topics

Day Ambition Speak Plan Flaws China

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.

Joan Didion

Power Guilty Difficult Possessions

It was our belief we should have a customer base and that the catwalk was actually supporting and increasing the business.

Jenny Packham

Business Customer Belief Our Should

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. I don't remember any of his ladies being bookish. So I was entirely dependent on my schoolteachers for my early reading with the exception of 'The Wind in the Willows,' which a stepmother read to me when I was in hospital.

John le Carre

Father Me Wind Book Reading End

When superpower countries like the United States and the former Soviet Union contemplated moving their conflicts to outer space, there was justifiable fear and dread.

Steven Levy

Fear Space Moving Outer Space Soviet

To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

Tracy Austin

Goals Meet Tennis Up Playing

What works for one person's needs is almost always very different from the next.

Tom Rath

Person Always Next Different Almost

Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.

Robert Frost

Hands You Stone First Him Without

A microphone has a certain range. It's not as good as your ears, but it will capture an enclosed space, the harmonic content in a room. Nice old tube mikes do that pretty well. And that's a good sound.

Ry Cooder

Good Space Nice Will Capture Sound

The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

Mike Pence

Good Government People Expectations

Americans are as they are. We have to accept this. Lots of Europeans forget that.

Martin Winterkorn

Forget Accept Lots Europeans

You get some confidence in your songwriting abilities and go for the essentials - guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Those are the basic band essentials that have to be in place before you go any further.

Mike McCready

Confidence Guitar You Place Go Band

The idea of wanting to do something that's completely natural and then having to repress it is something that I find fascinating.

Michaela Coel

Find Natural Something Wanting Idea