Val McDermid Quotes

The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.

Val McDermid

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MyselfDayFindNewsStartingSee

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

Andrew J. Bernstein

StressYouOutSuccessfulStressed

I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators.

Meg Cabot

ProfessionalWriteLeaveUsedJust

The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government.

Roy Moore

GodGovernmentConstitutionOutside

I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn.

Rosie Perez

LiveTimeCareBrooklynAuntSystem

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

Michael Tippett

PerformanceSufferPartConductors

As a woman of colour, as a person who is a minority, I believe its important that other people know about my language and I don't necessarily have to explain. In the same way, when I read 19th-century literature and if I have to understand a Latin phrase or a French phrase, it is incumbent upon me to learn it.

Min Jin Lee

WomanPeopleMeBelieveLanguage

The Internet is a contest between people with the same name to be the person who dominates that online space.

Joshua Cohen

SpacePeopleNameInternetPerson

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

Joni Mitchell

PeopleReadyAcceptSecondOnce

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?

Desiderius Erasmus

ThinkYouShadowsKnowCaveReal

Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.

Deborah Norville

LifePositiveChildrenMomentsOut

I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.

Claire Danes

WaitKnowTrueImageTeenagersShed

I'm being honest, I say what I think.

Boy George

ThinkSayBeing HonestHonestBeing

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