"Dickens was a part of how the whole……" — Claire Tomalin
"Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century."
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45 Quotes by Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin has 45 quotes on this site.
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Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of…
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Biographers use historians more than historians use biographers, although there can be two-way traffic - e.g., the ever-growing production of…
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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be…
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All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends.
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Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it…
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People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by…
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I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published.
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I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.
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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.
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Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.
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In 1843, everybody was hungry, unemployed, and conditions were very bad.
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Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker,…
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Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made…
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November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of…
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab…
— Theodore Bikel
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Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.
— Bjork
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Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part…
— Anthony Burgess
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I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my…
— Nicolas Cage
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In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or…
— Tadao Ando
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There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.
— Francesca Annis
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I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I'd gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the…
— Beyonce Knowles
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That's why I called it Dangerously In Love. It's basically all of the steps in a relationship from when you…
— Beyonce Knowles
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually…
— Damon Hill
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