"If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were."

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Source : "Probing The Psyche Of Glasgow's Mean Streets". "Morning Edition" with Vicki Barker, www.npr.org. August 11, 2008.

Denise Mina

#Jobs Quotes #School Quotes #Law Quotes

“Only two can keep a secret if on of them is dead.”
“A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.”

Source : "Undercovers' Ben Schwartz on Agent Hoyt, Action Stunts and Improv in the Spy World". Interview with Kate Stanhope, www.tvguide.com. October 12, 2010.
“I care about writing music and playing my music.”
“One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you looked back.”
“By God, we shall not stop, God willing, except at the doorsteps of the White House, and to raise the banner of monotheism on their so-called Statue of Liberty.”
“Tell what is yours to tell. Let others tell what is theirs.”
“A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.”
“I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.”

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