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Quote Of The Week

‘I have often pondered on the anomalies of ‘show business’, which is not really a business but a game played with all the petty deceits, subterfuges and bitcheries one would expect to find in a provincial amateur dramatics society.’

More Please– Barry Humphries

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on April 23, 2023Categories Books, People, Quote Of The WeekTags actor, Author, Barry Humphries, Comedian, Entertainer, satiristLeave a comment on Quote Of The Week

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‘LA is a meat factory that grinds people into neat little packages. I don’t want to be a neat little package.’

Keith Moon

from Instant Party : Musings, Memories and Minutiae by Alan Clayson

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on April 6, 2023April 6, 2023Categories Books, Music, Quote Of The WeekTags 60's band, Alan Clayson, Biography, Keith Moon, musician, pop, Quote Of The Week, rock, sixties group, The Who1 Comment on Quote of the Week

Quote Of The Week

‘I was able to get up in the mornings and make the arrival of a new day sound like a party.’

Tony Blackburn – Poptastic! My Life In Radio

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on March 17, 2023Categories Books, Quote Of The WeekTags autobiography, D.J, Disc Jockey, I'm a celebrity, Memoir, Pirate Radio, Radio Caroline, Radio London, Radio One, Tony Blackburn3 Comments on Quote Of The Week

Quote Of The Week

‘It (love) is always based upon some mutual requirement, or complementary need. The point is to concentrate on what you have got with anyone and not on what you haven’t.’

The Long View– Elizebeth Jane Howard

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on March 2, 2023Categories Books, Quote Of The WeekTags Elizabeth Jane Howard, Novel, Quote Of The Week, The Long View5 Comments on Quote Of The Week

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‘The blood jet is poetry, there is no stopping it.’

–Sylvia Plath

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‘Writing should be a gift, to oneself, to the reader, and to God.’

–What Do Women Want? – Erica Jong

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023Categories Books, Quote Of The WeekTags Erica Jong, God, Novelist, Poet, Quote Of The Week, What women want, writingLeave a comment on Quote Of The Week

Quote Of The Week

‘The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.’

–Robert Burns

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on January 25, 2023Categories Quote Of The WeekTags Burns night, Poet, Quote Of The Week, Robert Burns, Scottish poet4 Comments on Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week

‘People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune to indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.’

–Doris Lessing

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on January 17, 2023Categories Books, Quote Of The WeekTags Doris lessing, Quote Of The Week1 Comment on Quote of the Week

Quote Of The Week

‘The hour for festive gymnastics has arrived.’

Jo’s Boys – Louisa M. Alcott

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on December 24, 2022Categories Books, Quote Of The WeekTags Jo's boys, Louisa M. Alcott, Quote Of The Week1 Comment on Quote Of The Week

Quote Of The Week

‘They say, don’t build up your hopes too high. They never said that about fears.

They never said don’t build up your fears too high.’

Remission – Adam Mars Jones

Unknown's avatarAuthor Sue YoungPosted on December 18, 2022Categories Books, Quote Of The WeekTags Adam Mars Jones, Anthology, Quote Of The Week, Remission, Short StoryLeave a comment on Quote Of The Week

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