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Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: June 5, 1884 - August 27, 1969

Topics

People Human Seem Well Only Course

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.

Time Looking Look Know Movies Hard

There used to be an old bad joke. I hope it's not so much a good joke anymore. 'Everybody's from Scranton; no one's in Scranton.'

Good Hope Bad Old Joke Used

We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, someone reached through the grate that protects the window and stole our laundry detergent - which wasn't a big deal, but it felt symbolic when I heard about it later as an adult.

Window Night America Someone Laundry

Having a team that I trust is, for me, really important.

Angelique Kerber

Trust Me Team Important Really

Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves, this sound, and we organize it into emotion, and that's how we connect with our audiences.

Waves Think Musicians Sound Emotion

My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival.

Woman Survival Question Complete Who

Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Best Me Self Feel You Bad

In the '80s, we were living in the U.S.S.R., where anti-Semitism was a deeply ingrained part of the culture. Being a Jewish person in the Soviet Union was not easy. Not that I remember any of that - I was barely old enough to chew back then - but for my parents, both Uzbekistan-born Jews, life was a struggle.

Milana Vayntrub

Life Culture Struggle Parents Enough

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Jean de la Bruyere

Character Alone Men Motive Actions

I had heard some Elvis songs on the radio. During Christmastime, they'd play 'Blue Christmas,' and I knew I liked his songs, but I didn't know who it was singing them. I just knew I liked them... I started reading, watching, and just picking up everything I could about him.

Blue Singing Reading Play Know Him

I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are my best friends, so I'd have good examples to lead from.

Love Good Father Mother Great Best

It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.

Love True Love Right Person Think

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