"I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer.""

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Source : Source: collider.com

Andrew Davies

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“Sometimes broken hearts are needed, that way you will appreciate the one that handles it with care.”
“I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.”

Source : "Mary J. Blige beats high odds". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. October 17, 2010.
“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.”
“When God gave men tongues, he never dreamed that they would want to talk about the Himalayas; there are consequently no words in the world to do it with.”

Source : Sara Jeannette Duncan, Thomas E. Tausky (1893). “The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib”, New York : D. Appleton and Company
“Chocolate says "I'm sorry" so much better than words.”
“Laugh at your friends, And if your friends are sore; So much the better, You may laugh the more.”
“My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him up because his name was Florence. He had to switch his name to Frank. And then this Christmas, he made an announcement - he goes, 'I'm switching me name back to Florence.' And we beat him up, 'cause it's a dumb name and he's old and weak and it was easy.”
“I want to be happy and stable. My life is clearly going to slow down.”

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