Barry Unsworth Quotes

Angels are not complete, they need their counterparts, the dark needs the bright, the hidden needs the open, and vice versa. Sometimes they meet and recognise each other. Sometimes, as with Horatio and me, the pairing occurs over spaces of time and distance.

Barry Unsworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 10, 1930 - June 4, 2012

Topics

TimeMeDarkSometimesMeetAngels

Giraffes are fairytale animals, almost heraldic - as if from the land of fables. They have extremely beautiful faces, huge eyes, very sensitive nostrils and oh, blue tongues!

Joanna Lumley

BeautifulEyesBlueAnimalsLandOh

Thank you for making me nouveau riche.

Jerry Della Femina

MeThank YouYouMakingThank

I know what it takes to be a good boyfriend. Time, first and foremost. To be there for someone and be involved in their life.

Matthew Morrison

LifeGoodTimeSomeoneKnowFirst

I left 'Law and Order' because I really honestly did want to do movies and did want to be a movie star since I was a little girl.

Angie Harmon

GirlLawWantMoviesLittleStar

When I was a kid, I was fat, and I was teased mercilessly. But once I grew up and got out of my unhealthy relationship with food, for the most part I've had a very healthy view. If I ever find myself getting worried about how I'll look on the red carpet, I'll take a step back and look at what's really going on inside.

Alysia Reiner

RelationshipMyselfFoodRedStep

One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat after 25 missions, or 35 missions, but other than that, you were in it. You were part of the great effort, until, oh boy, six months after it was over.

Tom Hanks

GreatWarEffortAmazingWorldYou

People work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there.

Robin Tunney

WorkPeopleHardPointStayGet

Forty-two thousand people is an attractive target for people who want to hurt us. And a ballpark that's about 6 feet, at one point, from the street is as big a target as any we can imagine.

Mike Quigley

PeopleFeetHurtTargetWantStreet

If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure?

Mohamed ElBaradei

FeelYouCountryWhyUnderstand

In the world of book writing, an author really gets to have control over what he or she writes, which is why it is very satisfying. With the help of a great compatible editor, you really have something in the end you can call your own.

Liz Tuccillo

GreatWritingControlWorldBook

Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are better off have always been addicted to peace and order because they live comparatively better and may be the losers in civil disturbances.

Jose Rizal

LiveExperiencePeaceBetterAlways

I meet people from really grand backgrounds who had horrible parents who took no interest in them, whereas I'm a working-class boy from Deptford who was worshipped by all my rellies. Everybody in my extended family helped to raise me, and I realise now how lucky I was to grow up among kind folk.

Jools Holland

FamilyParentsPeopleMeGrowMeet

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