Isabel Allende Quotes

I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn't happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

LoveCharacterHappyMeEndingLong

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

John Ciardi

WarmSugarMilkSpongeWritten

I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.

Maynard James Keenan

LifeThinkMediaMysteryGlamour

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. On the downside, you meet a lot of really bad people in boxing, at all stages of your career.

Sugar Ray Leonard

TimeChallengeYourselfStepPeople

'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience.

Robert Downey, Jr.

DogExperienceMeImportantMovie

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

Robin Tunney

KnowDoneWhyBecauseLikeReally

You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost.

Mary Lou Retton

GoodChildhoodPeopleThinkYouSay

Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations.

Michael N. Castle

ExcellenceDiversityRightOwnState

In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries.

Jonathan Van Ness

ServiceYouKnowBoundariesOwnSet

I like eating pepperoni. I heat it up in the microwave and then I let it roast and then I eat it with cheese.

Willow Smith

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Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.

Tim Ferriss

GreatBestPeopleDataInformation

There's something very powerful about going after what you want seriously.

Nolan Sotillo

YouPowerfulWantSeriouslyGoing

I think the only way I could make something fun and big is if I don't expect it to be.

Markus Persson

FunThinkWayExpectBigSomething

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