Maeve Binchy Quotes

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

Maeve Binchy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 28, 1939 - June 30, 2012

Topics

PeopleKindOwnBringTakeCharge

There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having things written down, too.

Jessica Williams

PeopleMeYouLookDownStage

Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.

John Waters

ImpossibleBrandSomeoneYouWrong

I'm such a sucker for love and I believe in it and I always want it to win.

Sophia Bush

LoveWinBelieveWantI Believe

After the end of slavery, African-American men were arrested in mass, and they were arrested for extremely minor crimes like loitering, standing around, vagrancy, or the equivalent of jaywalking - arrested and then sent to prison and then leased to plantations.

Michelle Alexander

MenSlaveryPrisonEndStanding

I've come, even as a feminist, to dread the phrase 'female friendship,' because it tends to signal overdetermined relationships.

Michelle Dean

FriendshipRelationshipsBecauseCome

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Don Marquis

MoneyNothing

The fashion system has killed fashion.

Domenico Dolce

FashionSystem

I remember being a kid and always feeling a little different than all my friends.

Chrissy Metz

FriendsRememberFeelingKidAlways

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

Brian Schmidt

FreeThinkAustraliaWhySpiritBox

The trail of dating sites relying heavily on Facebook is littered with failures.

Sunil Nagaraj

DatingTrailFacebookFailuresSites

I was an opening act for 10 years.

Shelby Lynne

OpeningYearsActOpening Act

Nobody is working for Marvel who isn't a super-fan. And it's run by the biggest super-fan of them all.

Tilda Swinton

NobodyRunWorkingWhoMarvelThem

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