Maeve Binchy Quotes

On the first day of school, my father told me I'd be the most popular girl and everyone would love me and want to be my friend. It wasn't so, but it gave me an enormous amount of confidence.

Maeve Binchy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, but some of the stuff he did on his first and second records is beyond brilliant.

Joe Perry

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My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.

Joe Sacco

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I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

Joanna Krupa

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This discovery convinced me of the power of crystallography and led me to continue in this field.

Robert Huber

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I cover media people the way they cover politicians.

Matt Drudge

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I want to make a movie that can grab people by the heartstrings.

Steven Seagal

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I have to - I think an endorsement is something incredibly important. I would never do it just strategically. I would have to have full confidence that I have got no questions about the person.

Ron Johnson

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Cyprus has a reputation as a laundromat for the Russians who are trying to avoid sanctions.

Mike Quigley

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I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea.

Luis von Ahn

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I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?

Monica Lewinsky

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No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.

Jean de la Bruyere

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I'm sure all actors have trouble. The guy who always plays the funny guy, he wants to be taken seriously. And there's the action guy who wants to do serious stuff. Everyone's grass is greener.

Jason Momoa

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