Gail Honeyman Quotes

I wanted to write about the transformative power of small acts of kindness. An old man falls in the street, you stop and make sure he's OK. Or even smaller acts than that, though - buying someone a cup of coffee, telling them their hair looks nice - sometimes you don't realise the transformative effect on people. I wanted to celebrate that.

Gail Honeyman

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KindnessPowerCoffeeManPeople

Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information.

Robert J. Waldinger

ParentingQualitySiblingInformation

In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.'

Jeff Greenfield

LifeBlackPoliticalDebateVeil

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Carole King is one of my dearest friends. We're like family.

Merry Clayton

FamilyKingFriendsLikeDearest

I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.

Steve Forbert

TryingPlayWriteAlwaysJustSongs

Definitely the Korean culture is very strong to me, and I grew up in Hawaii where Asian-Americans are the dominant culture, but I never thought of myself as the minority.

Ruthie Ann Miles

MyselfCultureMeStrongThoughtUp

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.

Matt Blunt

GoodDeterminationPowerPeopleOwn

What creates success on HSN is great product, a great story and a great storyteller.

Mindy Grossman

SuccessGreatStoryProductCreates

I am somebody who has always struggled with uncertainty. And, of course, uncertainty is so core to life. I seek out knowledge to help me deal with that. But I'm also aware that knowledge can be really a double-edged sword.

Chloe Benjamin

LifeKnowledgeI AmMeUncertainty

Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.

Colleen Atwood

WorkChallengePeopleActionClothes

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

Arthur Conan Doyle

WaterWithoutSeenDropNiagara

In the numerous observations made in my laboratory upon this object, we have only once seen a combination of vessels in which there might be a direct communication between a small artery and a vein, though the two observers could not come to a final conclusion on the point.

August Krogh

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