Barbara Delinsky Quotes

As I plotted 'Blueprints,' I realized that ageism against women is most obvious in the field of entertainment - and that I needed a TV show in my book.

Barbara Delinsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 9, 1945

Topics

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I think there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs.

Joan Jett

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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.

Andrew Davies

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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

John Locke

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There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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I started making beats when I was 13.

Metro Boomin

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People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society. Those failures - joined with the similar failures of others - can readily have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.

John Roberts

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Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

Steve Coogan

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Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.

Toni Collette

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I've been writing full-time since about 1984 - mostly magazine features and columns.

Mary Roach

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I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.

Mitt Romney

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Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

Loretta Swit

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I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

Jason Mraz

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