Sheila Hancock Inventing characters is extraordinary: proper authors say so often that characters ‘just appear’ and that does happen. These people keep leaping out and saying, why don’t you write about me? – Sheila Hancock Authors Quotes Characters Quotes Extraordinary Quotes Happen Quotes Inventing Quotes Leaping Quotes People Quotes Proper Quotes Write Quotes I’m actually involved with DigiSmart, a project to get nine-11-year-olds to love books. If you’re creating a story, it’s a lovely sort of secret thing going on in your head.
Angela Rayner I’ve met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who’ve told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime, fear of discrimination, physical and verbal abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. – Angela Rayner
Karen Bardsley It just goes to show how much the women’s game has improved over the years: there are some outstanding goalkeepers capable of fantastic reaction saves. – Karen Bardsley
Grace Jones I like conflicts. I love competition. I like discovering things for myself. It’s a childlike characteristic, actually. But that gives you a certain amount of power, and people are intimidated by that. – Grace Jones
Jonathan Franklin The global embrace of the Chilean miners had as much to do with the state of the planet as it did the fate of the trapped men. Every year, thousands of miners are trapped and die. Hundreds more are rescued. The world’s press has no shortage of global good-news stories. Heroes abound if reporters and editors take the time to search. – Jonathan Franklin
Mickey Hart I thought the ’60s was the most exciting time and the most vital music, and we were really together as one mind then. Then afterwards, the songs and the bad drugs, that took its toll. – Mickey Hart
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