Magnus Magnusson Quotes

You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. They are encouraged to enjoy their subject and to pass it on.

Magnus Magnusson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: October 12, 1929 - January 7, 2007

Topics

LifeEnjoyYouSayUniversityGet

When a young writer comes up to me with an ambitious idea for a 20-book series, I usually tell him to maybe try something smaller to start off with.

Jim Butcher

MeStartYoungTryHimTell

I'm drawn to cinema, especially when you're on a project that feels like it's going to be a challenge.

Jim Sturgess

ChallengeYouCinemaProjectGoing

I'm a disciplinarian. And I've always been disciplined. I like to be on time. If I have a job to do, I'm going to see it from its beginning to its conclusion. No excuses, no alibis. That's how I run my life. It's called self-tough love.

Jesse White

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The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.

Stephen Covey

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American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.

Tom Holt

TimeDayTeaPerfectBackNever

I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.

Mary Wesley

ChildrenRespectFarmRememberYou

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.

Michael Phelps

DoneRetireOnceRetiring

I think Miami is such a beautiful, sexy, gorgeous place. I love the people there.

Minka Kelly

LoveBeautifulPeopleThinkMiami

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

Chief Joseph

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Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didn't do them myself.

Antony Tudor

MyselfMeFeelDoneSometimesThem

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.

Wynton Marsalis

MeThoughtLipsWantRingNever

I go dog-walking a lot.

Lesley Nicol

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