Laurane Mcglynn Quotes & Sayings

Who really wants to be themselves when they're teenagers? — Stephen Colbert

And I knew what I wanted: I would settle in a hill station and write my novel. I had visions of myself at a table on a large veranda, my notes spread out in front of me next to a steaming cup of tea. Green hills heavy with mists would lie at my feet and the shrill cries of monkeys would fill my ears. The weather would be just tight, requiring a light sweater mornings and evenings, and something short-sleeved midday. Thus set up, pen in hand, for the sake of greater truth, I would turn Portugal into a fiction. That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming the reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? What need did I have to go to Portugal? — Yann Martel

Every Christmas, all around Ghana, there are tons of these parties and they are full of everything that exists in human life in Ghana and worldwide. — Taiye Selasi

That's the thing about Tiny: his problems are so huge that yours can hide behind them. — John Green

Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on. — Paula Broadwell

I think what you have to recognise is everybody has their own deal, and everybody has challenges. Do I think that it was easier for me because at a certain point in my career I didn't have children? Yeah, I think absolutely so. But everybody has their own deal. — Beth Brooke

Music is a kind of harmonious language. — Gioachino Rossini

Enthusiasm is that certain something that makes us stand out, pulls us out of the mediocre common places, and turns us into powerful influencers. — Michelle Moore

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves. — Matsuo Basho

The more you put your arm around those that you might naturally look down on, the more you will love yourself. And the more you love yourself, the less need you'll ever have to find fault or be better than others. And the less we all find fault or have a need to be better than others, the quicker this world becomes a far better place to live. — Dan Pearce

Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran. — Jane Harman

The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination. — Adam Smith

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. — Zig Ziglar

Nobody will be afraid who believes nothing can happen to him. — Aristotle.

I love vegging out in front of the TV, eating pizza! — Emma Bunton