I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORDElizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.
More Barbara Taylor Bradford Quotes
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In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
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Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
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What is done can never be undone.
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Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.
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We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.
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Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.
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If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I’d rather be an unpopular writer.
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Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
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I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it’s none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can’t wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.
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She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.
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The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.
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Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.
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Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.
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Successful women don’t sleep until noon.
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I work eight hours a day, but I’m not writing all that time. I’m thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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