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Berlie Doherty Quotes

I met Eva Ibbotson before I became a writer myself, and was in awe of her then.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: November 6, 1943

Topics

Myself Awe Her Writer Before Met

The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

Good Control Impossible Better You

I was actually discovered by Kai Millard and Stevie Wonder.

Wonder Actually Stevie Wonder Stevie

There's only one true superpower amongst human beings, and that is being funny. People treat you differently if you can make them laugh.

Funny People Treat Laugh You True

The goal isn't just to make transactions: it's to make better decisions in the way you run your business. If that's not at the top of every executive's priorities, then they shouldn't be an executive.

Business Better Decisions Priorities

Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the 'Kazee' is not.

Family Irish Course Three-Quarters

I considered myself one of the boys. My brothers didn't spoil me at all, not at all. I was very tomboyish. It wasn't as if I was like a princess or anything like that.

Myself Me Princess Anything Like

Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive.

Good Survive Book You Look Find

I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.

Teen Black Early Kid Years Big

I hate when people call me 'The Boz'.

Hate People Me Call

Technological change is both familiar and easy to observe.

Change Easy Technological Observe

It pays to be a fee fiend.

The Church is not self-made, it was created by God and is continuously formed by Him. This finds expression in the Sacraments, above all in that of Baptism: I enter into the Church not by a bureaucratic act, but with the help of this Sacrament.

Pope Benedict XVI

God Church Baptism Help Him Act

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