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If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face of every young,… — Richard Griffiths
A number of well-understood mechanisms, including single gene mutations, produce changes that qualify as macroevolution. These include heterochronic mutations that alter structures by changing growth… — Kenneth R. Miller
We humans have a tendency to see ourselves as completely different from other animals, and the way in which large segments of the public continue… — Kenneth R. Miller
I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are more… — Emma Donoghue
What the Americans want to see is life in their drama. Life of all sorts: hard lives, easy lives, or lives which, like most of… — Julian Fellowes
I come from a class which used to be called the gentry - which is nowadays mistakenly used to include the nobility, but in fact… — Julian Fellowes
You never know which gig is going to be your last. — Unknown Author
There are a lot of obligations when you put out a record and it does well. People want to talk to you, which is nice.… — Wesley Schultz
Sometimes I fantasize that all my furniture has been destroyed in a cataclysm, and I have to start again with only the stationery catalogue. My… — Hilary Mantel
I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All… — Maria Semple
I grew up in this poor place, with very limited circumstances, at about 16 years of age was sent by my family to work, and… — Jamaica Kincaid
My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push me… — Aarti Mann
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on… — Jill Abramson
The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such… — Stephane Hessel
Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing… — Steven Weber
I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels, because… — Alan J. Pakula
I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the River Miljacka, which… — Aleksandar Hemon
We now live in the era of fake consensus, or phoney populism, a condition in which galleries and homes are seen to succeed best where… — Andrew O'Hagan
Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life in… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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