Val McDermid Quotes

It seems to me that one of the things that happened with a lot of literary fiction in the 1980s and 1990s was that it became very concerned with the academy and less with how people live their lives. We got to a point where the crime novel stepped into the breach. It was also a time when the crime novel stopped being so metropolitan.

Val McDermid

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I don't think there is a clear-cut avenue for what I do, and I am OK with that. I am just a lover of music.

Anderson East

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Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years.

John Mayall

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People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.

John Holt

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When you buy a new suit, take the time to get it tailored, and you'll thank yourself every time you put it on.

Michael Bastian

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When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.

Tom Ford

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There is not an alternative to the US as the engine for growth.

Rodrigo Rato

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It's a well-known fact that the TV camera adds 10 pounds. I don't want to say that I've been calling my Jenny Craig consultant a lot, but I'm pretty sure I'm the first spokesperson whom they've considered filing a restraining order against.

Ross Mathews

CameraSayWantConsultantFirst

Chris Nolan is great, but I've never seen any of the 'Batman' movies all the way through. I know they're good. I just have zero interest in those kinds of movies.

Michael Keaton

GoodGreatKnowMoviesWayNever

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.

Ludwig Bemelmans

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When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.

Jonny Wilkinson

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I like questions that tee me up to make weird jokes, frankly.

Colson Whitehead

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We got involved with the RepRap Project, a community focused on making 3-D printers that could make copies of themselves and help create a world without money. We started making prototypes.

Bre Pettis

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