"Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell…" — P.D. James
"Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you."
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P.D. James
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74 Quotes by P.D. James
P.D. James has 74 quotes on this site.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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We are often more merciful to our animals [cats] than we are to each other.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.
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It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably…
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The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course,…
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I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also…
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Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s…
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The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.
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A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.
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The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.
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I don't think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order…
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Kids don't go out and buy CDs, they make their own, they download them from the Internet.
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The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.
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Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which…
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That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like…
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I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still…
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They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were…
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I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy…
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You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for…
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America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up…
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Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.
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