Edward Rutherfurd Quotes

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history.

Edward Rutherfurd

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GoodHistoryTimeChallengeWriting

In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.

Matthew Ramsey

FearTimeSongYouDownWrite

We all get damned in our lives, and there are ripple effects. One thing can determine a life, and it's hard to overcome that if the event is really traumatic. Your life is completely condemned by it.

Matthias Schoenaerts

LifeRippleOvercomeHardEventGet

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

Alphonse Karr

PeopleThinkVirtueOthersMany

Regarding themselves as irreplaceable, both Lenin and Stalin tried in different ways to destroy their successors - Lenin through a testament that attacked Stalin and Trotsky, Stalin through purges culminating in the Doctors' Plot of 1953.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

ThroughDestroyIrreplaceablePlot

The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge.

Toshihiko Fukui

GrowthKnowledgeWorldKeyLabor

As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one match at a time and worked hard; when I succeeded, I worked further on the aspects of the game which worked for me; when I failed, I listed out my weaknesses and worked on them.

Rohan Bopanna

SuccessTimeMeWinningGameGiving

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

Mary Wesley

MarriageFatherMotherGreatSheUp

I am actually better at predicting or talking about 30 years later than three years.

Masayoshi Son

I AmBetterTalkingThreeYearsAm

From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

Drew Barrymore

AgePerspectiveDeathAgingYou

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

Brandy Norwood

TalentMeSoundExploreSeeSide

There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district.

Anthony Weiner

GoodDoubtBadGetNo DoubtVery

There are times I'd like to be incognito, be someplace where I might not stand out.

Anne Donovan

StandOutWhereLikeIncognito

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