Patrick O'Brian Quotes

In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.

Patrick O'Brian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000

Topics

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This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well.

Joan Armatrading

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We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can.

Robert Gottlieb

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I think I have more stamps in my passport than most stamp collectors have in their collections.

John Rhys-Davies

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To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What I'm writing is real.

Sophie Kinsella

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I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing, I lived boxing. Boxing was a way of expressing myself because I was not that outspoken.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Skating was popular, but it wasn't mainstream. It had this underground following, and you could go on tours, win decent prize money, and make royalties from signature products - that's how I came to buy a house when I was a senior in high school.

Tony Hawk

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We decided to speak publicly about suicide because we wanted to make a difference in other people's lives.

Luke Richardson

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I can speak to actors in their terms. Knowing I was an actor, they relax. You can have the best shot in the world - but, at the center of it, you still need a good performance.

Don Scardino

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I think half the people who get married now have met online. If I think about all the people in my life who married - they met online, online, online. And it makes sense if you think about it, because you fill out this form of 35 things that really define you and - bam - look, you've got two people who match. It works.

Douglas Coupland

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The movie I worked on that had the most problems and interference came from the smallest indie movie I've ever done. I couldn't believe what the director had to go through; he was destroyed.

Brian Reitzell

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I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Anne M. Mulcahy

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The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.

Anne Rice

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