Kate Atkinson Quotes

The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.

Kate Atkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 20, 1951

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In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Before Mendes got suspended, I've been calling out Chad Mendes.

Max Holloway

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I like a challenge.

Anna Paquin

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I was at all-white schools from kindergarten to twelfth grade, so I wanted to feel what it was like just to be me and not, like, Black Amy.

Amy Sherald

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Catfish's mild taste adapts well to a wide array of flavors, especially strong assertive ones, which is why you used to see it 'blackened' Cajun style on so many restaurant menus - a trick which soon became a tired cliche.

Tom Douglas

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For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be robust, they gave me a fat suit, and I put on a silly voice.

Matt Bomer

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My favorite movie of all time is probably 'Apocalypse Now.'

Dominic Monaghan

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If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

Douglas Sirk

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In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.

Dennis Bergkamp

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But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.

Chuck Schumer

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There's no glory like those who save their country.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

William Penn

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