Val McDermid Quotes

We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.

Val McDermid

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I spend more time being what I am: a writer, not the visiting celebrity.

Jerry Spinelli

TimeI AmCelebrityMoreBeingAm

I'm getting out of acting.

John Corbett

ActingOutGetting

A lot of people thought my career was over. If you're not releasing records, then something must be wrong. Either the record company doesn't like your music, or you've been dropped. It has to something negative. It's not like you wanted to take a break, or want some balance, or smell the roses.

Maxwell

MusicBalancePeopleNegativeRoses

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.

Angelina Jolie

ParentsGrowing UpGrowingUpAware

If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want.

Simone Biles

MeControlSomeoneLossKnowWant

The sexual deviance - I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss that; but we do have hints of it but in a more psychological way and therefore more human way, arguably. Or certainly to the extent that the animated series takes that sexuality.

Marton Csokas

SaidLyingWayMoreHumanSexuality

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

NatureDownDropsTwilightStarHer

I am quite a physical chap - I think that's why my waist and physique are pretty much the same as when I was a kid, although my chest is a lot bigger.

Luke Goss

I AmThinkWhyKidSameBigger

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I'm inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

Conor McGregor

PeopleDreamChampionsTrueHard

Spatial racism, the erasure of black faces in a predominantly white city, is in full effect in both Crown Heights and Center City Philadelphia. This racism demands that bodies that don't conform to a mandated 'white' status quo can be redlined out of a space.

Anthea Butler

RacismSpaceCityBlackCrownWhite

One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.

Anne Hutchinson

TruthGraceMoreSalvationClearly

It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Compelling questions, while not easy, are easier than compelling answers.

Shane Carruth

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