Rachel Joyce Quotes

The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.

Rachel Joyce

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Mitt Romney comes from a family of builders.

John Boehner

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Part of what I do, after feeling invisible for a long time, is make an effort not to be invisible any more.

John Grant

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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

John Clayton

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Andre Gide

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Many years ago, I was a producer on a movie called 'My Dog Skip.' Willie Morris, the great southern writer, had written the book. We had adapted it and taken 17 years of his life and compressed it into one year.

John Lee Hancock

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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.

John Stuart Mill

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When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.

Robert B. Laughlin

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My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.

Luke Rockhold

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I have five, six, seven things I do before those lines are in my brain. I say them like I'm a robot; I sing them. I put a pencil in my mouth, and I say them. I cook. I play with a cushion and say them - so they really are inside of me.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

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For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'

Demetri Martin

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My heart is like a singing bird.

Christina Rossetti

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Environmentally friendly business practices have long been mainstream, particularly when they create a brand advantage, as with organic foods.

Chrystia Freeland

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