Quotes of: Thompson Keyword

The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever.

Robert Gottlieb

Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed.

Robert Gottlieb

If Tom Clancy didn't write any Op-Centers, he would be $60 million less rich.

Robert Gottlieb

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

Robert Gottlieb

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Robert Gottlieb

No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.

Robert Gottlieb

It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree.

Robert Gottlieb

'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance.

Robert Gottlieb

Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped.

Rose George

There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live.

Rose George

After my husband spell-checks one of my manuscripts, my editor says, 'It's been Normanized.'

Ruth Glick

I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten.

Ruth Glick

I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.

Rachel Johnson

Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

Rachel Johnson

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.

Rich Lowry

You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.

Rich Lowry

When they are treated, the seriously mentally ill aren't more violent than the general population. If untreated, though, they are.

Rich Lowry

It is strange how you shall hate a man, and yet pity him from the depths.

Richard Llewellyn

Human rights in cyberspace are really no different from rights in the physical world.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.

Rebecca MacKinnon