Amor Towles I’ve been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories, one of which was published in ‘The Paris Review’ in 1989. – Amor Towles Age Quotes Fiction Quotes Kid Quotes Paris Quotes Published Quotes Review Quotes Short Quotes Stories Quotes Writing Quotes Wrote Quotes Growing up, I didn’t come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to the radio with frequency. The record collection in the living room was only about 2 feet long – and that included 4 solid inches of Neil Diamond and Herb Alpert. My grandmother, who was simultaneously a woman of manners and verve, fended off marriage proposals until she was 30 because she was having too much fun to settle down.
Mercy Otis Warren The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition. – Mercy Otis Warren
Larry Ellison Oracle’s latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you having to make any changes whatsoever to your applications. – Larry Ellison
Hugh Masekela If I don’t make heritage visible and the strength of mother tongue important for my grandchildren, it scares me that they might say in 20 years from now, ‘Well, it is rumoured that we used to be Africans long ago.’ And in many urban areas, it’s already happening. – Hugh Masekela
Daniel Cameron My parents are conservatives. Owning a small business lent itself to that viewpoint. – Daniel Cameron
Judit Polgar And maybe some people do it too much, are too selfish and concentrated on chess. But I think that in all professions you can find a lot of people like that. – Judit Polgar
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