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Maeve Binchy Quotes

In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Me Intelligent Bright Charming

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.

Life Great Experience Doing Remember

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

John F. Kennedy

Life Today Courage Quality Past

I feel in some ways I've had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear.

Life Respect I Am Value Me Feel

I love comics for comics' sake. Always have. Always will.

Love Will Always Comics Sake I Love

I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness.

Happiness I Can Fame Want More Tell

I can whistle with my fingers, especially if I have a whistle.

I Can Fingers Whistle

There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital.

Money Magic Way Digital Documentary

When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, 'absolutely not.' But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote very quickly - I think there was an emotional impulse, because once I started in, the story itself carried me along. It was a very intense writing period and took a year and change to finish.

Change Memories Me Writing Think

Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my musical makeup and mental process when it comes to music. We learned to play together and taught each other a lot.

Music Together Thoughts Makeup Play

And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that.

Complicated Living Emotional Going

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship Soul Two Single Composed

I know when the Berlin wall went down and I walked into what was East Berlin and saw two big Nike banners - that gave me a chill.

Me Chill Down Wall Know Big

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