"Who was it recently invented some machine that will enable her to sign a book from 5,000 miles away? Margaret Atwood. Get off your arse, love, and sign it in person. Publishers and circumstance made you a bestselling author. Give a little back."

-- Nicholas Royle

#Book Quotes #Giving Quotes #Littles Quotes

“A life whose beginning we do not remember, and whose end we do not know.”

Source : "The Doll". Book by Bolesław Prus, 1890.
“I'm not gonna give up, shut up, or let up, until I'm taken up... as a matter of fact, I'm just getting warmed up.”
“In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They didn't really have quite enough nuance.”

Source : "Graham Parker on reuniting with The Rumour, constructing the flow of an album, and more". Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 27, 2012.
“Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually.”
“Everything was believed except the truth.”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.20, Penguin
“A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.”
“I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn't do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough.”
“Freedom has never been free.”

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