A S Byatt I don’t like gurus. I don’t like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently. – A S Byatt Follow Quotes Gurus Quotes Independently Quotes People Quotes I hated being a novelist when I was 20 – I had nothing to write about. Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.
Bill O'Reilly It’s hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell ’em they’re irresponsible and lazy. And who’s gonna wanna do that? Because that’s what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period. – Bill O’Reilly
Alcee Hastings Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. – Alcee Hastings
DadPeter Graves I think we were born 6 feet tall and then started to grow from there. My dad’s not particularly tall – only 5 feet, 11 inches – but his mother was almost 6 feet and straight as a ramrod: a German woman who used to scare the hell out of me. – Peter Graves
Per Petterson When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, ‘This is the basis of a novel.’ – Per Petterson
Frederick Banting Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until he could not see. – Frederick Banting
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