"But I have always - ever since The Accidental Woman - written novels about individuals attempting to make choices in the context of situations over which they have no control."

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Jonathan Coe

#Choices Quotes #Individual Quotes #Attempting Quotes

“However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.”
“Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]”
“I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.”
“House Speaker Pelosi worried about the opposition, the tone of it, perhaps leading to violence as it did in the 70s. Theres more recent examples of anti-government violence - occurring even in the mid-90s. Do you worry about that?”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 20, 2009.
“Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour.”
“All that we did, all that we said or sang must come from contact with the soil.”
“I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year. Four things are laid upon me: to drive out the English; to bring you to be crowned and anointed at Reims; to rescue the Duke of OrlÃ©ans from the hands of the English; and to raise the siege of OrlÃ©ans.”
“As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed.”

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