Isabel Allende Quotes

You couldn't find two people more different than my mother and I. There are a thousand things about me that she fought against.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherPeopleMeYouFindShe

Hemingway was really early. I probably started reading him when I was just eleven or twelve. There was just something magnetic to me in the arrangement of those sentences. Because they were so simple - or rather they appeared to be so simple, but they weren't.

Joan Didion

SimpleMeReadingEarlyHimStarted

It's the business of movies, it's the fights that go along with the level of budget, and more than anything, it's the creative constipation of having to live with one idea for two or three years. It's just not that fun.

Matt Stone

LiveBusinessCreativeFunBudget

What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.

Anita Elberse

YouProductResourcesEveryoneGet

I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.

Steve Largent

GovernmentThinkUniversePowerful

I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real.

Tracy McMillan

LovePlacePersonRealBeing Real

People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.

Ron White

WorkPeopleSayingTrueDrinkOnly

I try to remain calm and treat my club with respect.

Romelu Lukaku

RespectTreatCalmTryClubRemain

I want children to learn to develop deep reading skills in the beginning in print. I believe the physicality of print is much better in the beginning for children, and then help them learn how to use their deep reading skills on digital medium.

Maryanne Wolf

ChildrenBeginningBelieveReading

For me, I exercise every morning. I exercise every day. I work out about an hour and 20 minutes, which is aerobics and resistance training. I work on agility and balance. I work on the things that are going to help my condition. I do agility training. I walk on a treadmill. I use an elliptical. I use weights.

Montel Williams

WorkMorningWalkDayTrainingMe

I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time... and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that it's done, I have to sort of go hide. So I was never really meant, I think, to be a performer for a living.

Jason Robert Brown

TimeThinkHideFindDoneLiving

I've found that the more friends I have, the luckier I am.

Johnny Mathis

I AmFriendsMoreFoundLuckierAm

The monster was the best friend I ever had.

Boris Karloff

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