Helen Dunmore Quotes

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.

Helen Dunmore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017

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He's been so successful, arguably the best quarterback ever to play the game. If you were trying to follow his footsteps, it would be incredibly difficult. I'd go crazy if I woke up every day and tried to compare myself to Peyton Manning.

Andrew Luck

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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

John Mortimer

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I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

Matthew Vaughn

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All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.

Angelina Jolie

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When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

Stanley Kubrick

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The dramas that I worked on were successful, but not the movies. I still have many opportunities, and I will not be discouraged.

Song Hye-kyo

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To even be considered for an MVP award is fairly awesome for me.

Jose Altuve

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I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'

Brendon Urie

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In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.

Annie Lennox

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I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

Anthony Jeselnik

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My first wife is a good woman, I still can't say nothing bad about her other than the fact that we had a difference on religion. She wanted someone who was a Muslim who shared those values. And I was like a heathen. I had to stay home on Sundays and watch the football game.

August Wilson

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I read a great deal of science fiction with consummate pleasure between, say, the ages of 12 and 16. Then I got away from it. In my mid- to late 20s, I started trying to write it.

William Gibson

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