Sue Townsend We had library books in our house, but not our own. So you had 14 days to read them. There would be eight books a fortnight in our house and I’d read as many of those as I could. – Sue Townsend Books Quotes Days Quotes Fortnight Quotes House Quotes Library Quotes Read Quotes Yes, I hate it when people call me a ‘national treasure’. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador. I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I’d become professional and my life would be transformed.
Justin Peck The future of ballet is really in the hands of the creators, so if it’s something that interests them to push the envelope with gender roles, then I think it will change. But if that’s not of interest to a dance-maker, if their interest is to sort of preserve the way things have been done for the past 200 years, then nothing is going to change. – Justin Peck
Cyrus Broacha I have a great desire to serve humanity without ever actually getting off my chair. – Cyrus Broacha
Richard Engel Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics. – Richard Engel
Finneas If I’m making a song with Billie, then it’s for Billie… She has to want to wear that song every day. And I think I try to do the same thing when I’m making a song for myself… I try to treat them both that way, like I’m sort of A&R-ing her and then A&R-ing myself. – Finneas
ArchitectureHussein Chalayan I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture. – Hussein Chalayan
Andrew Stanton There’s a mercurial nature, but more of a mysterious nature to women that I think is what makes them so attractive. And I think that that’s what I love: Guys never seem to know when they’ve come too close and crossed the line, and then the temper comes. – Andrew Stanton
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