Top 100 Deborah's Quotes
#1. Deborah's little house was lavishly decorated in I-have-no-life modern.
Jeff Lindsay
#2. There's this incredible pressure, especially on teens, to be perfect, look right, have the right clothes, date the right people, get into the right school, have the right home life, and so on.
Deborah Reber
#3. It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse.
Deborah Tannen
#4. So that's it?" I asked when I could manage it. "We're going to abide by an ancient, narrow-minded agreement made almost a thousand years ago. Case closed.
Deborah Harkness
#5. I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might.
Tea Leoni
#6. And so as much as I can, I care about her, dear Deborah. It's probably not love, but I would rather she were happy.
Jeff Lindsay
#8. Mrs. Ivanov's gentle face was pale and bewildered, her wrinkles falling in on themselves as though they'd given up trying to hold on to any expression other than sorrow.
Deborah Blake
#9. You don't feel this way now, but you're lucky to have found her at last ... But is she lucky, Hamish? Is she fortunate to have a creature like me in pursuit? ... That's entirely up to you. Just remember-no secrets. Not if you love her.
Deborah Harkness
#10. The chivalrous man who holds a door open or signals a woman to go ahead of him when he's driving is negotiating both status and connection.
Deborah Tannen
#11. When people say "to father," they generally mean that one biological act - the act of begetting a child. It is different with the verb "to mother." "To mother" implies care. A man's act of fathering can easily be that one seed sown; a woman's act of mothering can take up all the rest of her life. I
Deborah Meyler
#12. Quickly, Watson, the game's afoot, I said, but Deborah was not in a literary mood.
Jeff Lindsay
#13. Art is inherently subversive. It's destabilizing. It undermines what you already know and what you already think. It is the opposite of propaganda.
Deborah Eisenberg
#14. Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality of doing the work can be a little daunting.
Deborah Reber
#15. That's what I Am a Strange Loop is about," said Deborah. "It's about how we spend our lives self-referencing, over and over, in a kind of strange loop.
Jon Ronson
#16. It's about damned time," he said in a husky voice. "If I had to wait five more minutes to kiss you, I think I probably would have turned into a dragon myself.
Deborah Blake
#17. It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a real eye opener for me.
Deborah Ann Woll
#18. It's one thing to wander in the darkness because you know no different, but it's quite another to enjoy the light only to have it taken from you,
Deborah Harkness
#19. I am capable of opening my own door," I said, getting out of the car. "Why do today's women think it's important to open a door themselves?" he said sharply.
Deborah Harkness
#20. Both 'Mabo' and 'The Sapphires' have been significant roles because it's about my people. They are celebratory stories, on top of allowing people to understand our history.
Deborah Mailman
#21. Behind her, the glow of the hotel's fireplace mixed with the aroma of nuts cooking in a cinnamon glaze. Although it was
Deborah Garner
#22. I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.
Deborah Cox
#23. There's nothing more powerful than human fear - not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.
Deborah Harkness
#24. For storms will rage and oceans roar,
When Gabriel stands on sea and shore,
And as he blows his wondrous horn,
Old worlds die and new be born.
Deborah Harkness
#25. Madison, Deborah. Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmer's Markets (New York: Broadway Books, 2002). Nabhan,
Michael Pollan
#26. One good man, one good man, it ain't much - it's only everything.
Deborah Kerr
#27. If women resent men's tendency to offer solutions to problems, men complain about women's refusal to take action to solve the problems.
Deborah Tannen
#29. Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.
Deborah Bull
#30. It's certainly possible to write fiction that isn't trivial and isn't what people would call political, but it is very hard to figure out how, because our ordinary lives have such a strong tincture now of the whole world.
Deborah Eisenberg
#31. Pink champagne
that's the kind of life we've both been used to. It might be a little difficult to
do you like beer?
Deborah Kerr
#32. There's been too much hurt. Too much pain. I just want it to stop.
Deborah Raney
#33. But there's also a strong emotional core to counterbalance the experimentalism, with some incredibly moving passages around the narrator's relationship with her (also female) German teacher. It's beautiful.
Deborah Smith
#34. I always thought of writing as holy. I still do. It's not something to be approached casually.
Deborah Eisenberg
#35. It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.
Deborah Bull
#36. When we see ourselves through another's eyes, we gain valuable insight and direction.
Deborah Sandella
#37. There's no such thing as an ugly woman, just not enough brandy. Of
Deborah Moggach
#38. You can't reduce lactic acid, but you can increase your tolerance to it. I do this through running or cycling, but it's a good idea to match your training bout to the type of dance you do.
Deborah Bull
#39. Regarding children's literature, look for interesting content and well-constructed sentences clothed in literary language. The imagination should be warmed and the book should hold the interest of the child. Life's too short to spend time with books that bore us.
Deborah Taylor-Hough
#40. I think it's fascinating that there's a whole holiday dedicated to things that we fear and that's so interesting about the nature of humanity.
Deborah Ann Woll
#41. I did a really fun orange nail polish with my friend Deborah Lippmann. All of her nail polishes are named after songs so we called this one "Lara's Theme" which is really cute. It's a bright orange which is really good for summer or cheering yourself up in winter.
Lara Stone
#42. Hearing this, I was reminded of Hajo's comment the previous summer. "People like David Irving do not throw firebombs. They throw the words that can cause others to throw those firebombs.
Deborah E. Lipstadt
#44. If there's one thing I could wish for right now, it would be to have one of those horses from the merry-go-round - they were the most exciting thing to go on as a kid.
Deborah Mailman
#45. It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.
Deborah Bull
#46. The U.S. government spends billions of dollars on disasters after they happen, but it pinches pennies when it comes to preparing for them.
Deborah Blum
#47. I am big believer in breastfeeding. My oldest was breastfed for 9 months, my second for 6 months and I will try to nurse Kayla for 6 months. At the end of the day, it's a big sacrifice but you have healthier kids.
Deborah Cox
#48. He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I think that's the key and that's the magic, it's making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they're on the dance floor.
Deborah Cox
#49. The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle. There is some myth involved. Some of this attitude has a long history.
Deborah Meier
#50. Hatred is love that's been injured. If you have hatred in your heart it means you have love in it also.
Deborah Brevoort
#51. Party of the Century by Deborah Davis, about Truman Capote's famous Black and White Ball. Capote by Gerald Clarke. Truman Capote by George Plimpton. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson. Slim, the memoir of Slim Keith. And The Sisters by David Grafton, about Babe Paley and her sisters.
Melanie Benjamin
#52. I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.
Deborah Bull
#53. If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put on young readers. But also, I get to meet with people who have waded through horrible things, and they get up every morning, and they try to do their best.
Deborah Ellis
#54. I really love helping students and helping them empathize with people who lived a really long time ago. That's one of the highlights of working in fiction.
Deborah Harkness
#55. I'm a professional non-fiction reader, that's what I do. But in my 20s we had our own vampire and witch moment, courtesy of Anne Rice, whose books I read and loved.
Deborah Harkness
#56. Evelyn's New Age daughter will discover that a good shag beats hugging a guru any day.
- Helen Falconer, book reviewer for The Guardian
Deborah Moggach
#57. Deborah Tedone, Director of Square Pegs/Asperger's Support Group for Adults in Rochester, NY. Deborah says so eloquently what all parents of AS girls need to hear.
Rudy Simone
#58. A novel is utterly your own creation, a very private process. I think of a novel as a noun and a screenplay as a verb. In a novel, very little needs to happen; you can explore a person's memories and thoughts and fantasies. In a screenplay, it's all action; you must push the story on.
Deborah Moggach
#59. It's not what hurts you that makes you respectable. It's how you get over it.
Deborah Smith
#60. I could not begin to mourn Deborah or my mind would ride off with me. There was nothing so delicate in all the world as one's last touch of control.
Norman Mailer
#61. I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx's.
Deborah Moggach
#62. Aristotle didn't have a problem with abortion," she says.
"Oh, well, good, that's a comfort," I say.
Deborah Meyler
#63. Never talk back to a teacher. Teachers are like God. Actually, teachers are God's boss.
Deborah Wiles
#64. Heaven may be
only the mind's fear of the wonders it imagines.
Deborah Digges
#65. There's never been a war in the history of the world that wasn't started by the wealthy for the wealthy
Deborah Smith
#66. If your brain does not receive sufficient stimulus, it might find something else to do - it daydreams, it wanders, it thinks about itself. If this goes on too long, it can affect your mind's normal functioning. Chronic boredom correlates with depression and attention deficits.
Deborah Blum
#67. It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.
Deborah Eisenberg
#68. Living apart is hardly possible if people have children together. It can also be more expensive to maintain two homes. But then, it's expensive to break up when you live in one property.
Deborah Moggach
#69. We are created with life's inherent sense of order and urge to thrive.
Deborah Sandella
#70. but there will be other things, new things. That's how it is with change. You leave one thing behind, and there's something else to take it's place.
Deborah Ellis
#71. When you tell the children tales of the Baba Yaga on a cold winter's night, you might remember to mention that whether or not the witch is wicked often depends on who is telling the story.
Deborah Blake
#72. Once a character has gelled it's an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one's body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes ...
Deborah Moggach
#73. I have lots of interests, but it's true that dancing is a very full-time job.
Deborah Bull
#74. I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.
Deborah Harkness
#75. In this room we understand why this war might be fought ... it's about our common belief that no one has the right to tell two creatures that they cannot love each other
no matter what their species.
Deborah Harkness
#77. Perhaps it is too late. I want to run
the beach's length, because it never ends.
Deborah Ager
#78. She's taken over one of the castle's towers and painted the walls with images of the philosopher's stone. It's like working inside a Ripley scroll! I've
Deborah Harkness
#79. Living in a way that reflects one's values is not just about what you do, it is also about how you do things.
Deborah Day
#81. I read the landscape to help me through, to know what's come before me there, to find my footing in time.
Deborah Tall
#82. As far as I can tell, there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning, year after year." He hesitated, then continued. "One is fear. The other is desire. That's what I wrote about." Love
Deborah Harkness
#83. But I know that if I don't at least try, I'll stay the way I am till it kills me. Till I kill me, I mean. I never really accept that that's what I'm doing - I say it, but I don't believe it.
Deborah Hautzig
#84. My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.
Deborah Mailman
#85. God is an on time God.You may not see what's ahead of you, but with the patience and guidance from God, He will give you the desires of your heart.
Deborah N. Kabwang
#86. Could I have some water?" "I'll get it." Marcus hopped up from his stool. "There's some in the specimen fridge.
Deborah Harkness
#87. I feel sorry for anybody who would let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.
- Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer
Deborah Wiles
#88. The moon is made round by the right hand of God.
The moon is made crescent by His left.
But it is God's heart that makes my love for you forever.
Deborah Rodriguez
#89. We all have various ways of dropping in and getting connected to ourselves. For one person it might be playing basketball. It's a good way to get in touch with how they feel. For somebody else, it might be taking a walk.
Deborah King
#90. Do you believe that Deborah Wasserman Schultz, she looks just as happy as Bernie [Sanders] did. She's now hired by [Hillary] Clinton.
Donald Trump
#91. WHAT WAS LOST IN THE COLLAPSE: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. Twilight in the altered world, a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in a parking lot in the mysteriously named town of St. Deborah by the Water, Lake Michigan shining a half mile away.
Emily St. John Mandel
#92. I've tried that love thing for the last time. My heart says no, no! Nobody's supposed to be here, but you came along and changed my mind
Deborah Cox
#93. Why do today's women think it's important to open a door themselves?" he said sharply. "Do you believe it's a testament to your physical power?
Deborah Harkness
#94. It's not prettier or better than other places and it sure a shell isn't an easy place, but I know how to live here. And that counts.
Deborah Coates
#95. It is a nice sunny day; his bunions have stopped hurting. There is always something to celebrate, in Gerrit's view.
Deborah Moggach
#97. You grab onto happiness with two hands, darling. Life's all about the journey. You remember that.
Deborah Lytton
#98. Knowing how to make a life mean something, to wring out its worth when it was right there in one's hands instead of just wishing about it afterward, or imagining how it could have been, or should have been, different.
Deborah Reed
#99. It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.
Deborah Eisenberg
#100. It's broadening. You meet people in your family you'd never happen to run into otherwise.
Deborah Eisenberg
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