"My reaction to your news is delighted astonishment that Lanark has been judged more popular than a book by Ian Rankin, and only regret that this wonderful honour had no money attached to it!"

-- Christopher Brookmyre

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“If the flag of an armed enemy of the U.S. is allowed to fly over government buildings, then it implies that slavery, or at least the threat of slavery, is sanctioned by that government and can still legally exist.”
“There are not many roles where women are really active.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I didn't understand 3-D in the fifties and I can't say I get it now either. I just don't see what the big deal is.”
“I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.”
“Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For me, success is about this, seeing the slow progress in my work.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“When we begin to know ourselves in an open and self-supportive way, we take the first step to encourage our children to know themselves”

Source : Daniel J. Siegel MD, Mary Hartzell (2003). “Parenting From the Inside Out”, p.186, Penguin
“Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.”
“I pierced one nipple. Not both. Just one. She has it in the books and I wanted to get as many of the piercings as I could, and I spent so much time on this film naked, and I just had to be really comfortable with that right away . . . I'm gonna keep it for now. I don't want to have to repierce that should we do the other two films.”

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