"I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy."

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Denise Mina

#London Quotes #Grew Up Quotes #Feeding Quotes

“Hold us accountable. There's no accountability in Washington. Drain the swamp.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.”
“I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.”

Source : "Joker in the pack". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2008.
“The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.”
“It's great to see part of my culture doing so well in the sport that I'm involved in, a sport that I have a passion for. I grew up hearing about a lot of Argentine fighters, the great Carlos Monzon and even the fighters on ESPN lime Omar Vaez; and now guys like Marcos Maidana and Sergio Martinez.”
“For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness without knowledge . . . is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous. . . . Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.'”
“I first foreswore motherhood when I was about eight years old. ... [Children] were annoying. We were loud and sneaky and broke things. As an eight-year-old, maybe I was simply mortified by the prospect of being saddled with myself.”
“My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it.”

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