Kate Thompson Quotes

I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.

Kate Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 16, 1959

Topics

WorkEndDoingYouFindDone

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

Jimmy Breslin

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But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.

Johann Arndt

ArtWorldStriveWithoutWithin

Measuring how hard your team is working by counting the number of hours they work or what time they get in and leave is how amateurs run companies.

Steve Blank

WorkTimeTeamRunHardLeave

Besides inquiries as to our general well-being, the first thing asked about us, in our first seconds of being alive, is whether we're a boy or girl. Our first passport through this world is our genitals.

Steve Erickson

GirlWorldWell-BeingAliveBoyUs

I like to feel comfortable. I love British brands, and I enjoy dressing in a way that makes me feel good.

Suki Waterhouse

LoveGoodMeFeel GoodFeelEnjoy

The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process.

Mary McCarthy

LifeMomentProcessHouseLabor

We do not possess an official certificate of birth for worship of one God. But the family line is clear: the Jews invented it to endure the coherence, cohesion and existence of their small, threatened people.

Michel Onfray

FamilyGodPeopleSmallBirthLine

Illinois has severe budget problem. You cannot cut your way out of the problem.

Michael Madigan

BudgetProblemYouWayOutCut

The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even have to spend one second developing the character of any of the Eastern Bloc athletes. It was just good guys and bad guys.

Dick Ebersol

GoodCharacterWorldYouBadWay

You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

Chris Martin

Rock StarYouRockRightWearStar

Place and displacement have always been central for me. A type of insecurity goes with that: you are always following the cues, like learning the dance steps when the dance is already under way.

Claire Messud

LearningDanceMeInsecurityYou

There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.

Brett Favre

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