Maeve Binchy Quotes

I didn't get excited by weight loss, and since I was already happy being fat, I couldn't see the point of it all. I'm 6 ft. and weigh about 18 st. or 19 st., but weighing myself is not something I do with much pleasure.

Maeve Binchy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

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The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.

Amy Bloom

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I like shows that are ensemble-based, that explore the humanity of every character.

Tracie Thoms

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Now, of course, we know there has been an end to apartheid in South Africa, but what excited me was seeing it in the context of history.

Roger Rees

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The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.

Rowan Williams

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There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

Loretta Lynn

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I stopped eating meat when I was 35. Thank God.

Cloris Leachman

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In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.

Bonnie Raitt

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Seeing bored-looking fans staring at you while you DJ is about as horrible as it gets.

Boy George

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PayPal exists because banks are not interoperable: I can't efficiently pay you $10 unless I'm giving you a $10 bill. So we're all on PayPal and Venmo, I need interoperability on the same ledger.

Brad Garlinghouse

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No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

Anthony Trollope

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