Annalena McAfee quotes
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“Apparently when I went to school, I had a Glasgow accent.”
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“I am a print addict. I have an ebook and a computer but I remain hooked on print.”
-- Annalena McAfeeSource : "Annalena McAfee: 'I see myself as a recovering journalist'". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2011.
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“I see myself as a recovering journalist.”
-- Annalena McAfeeSource : "Annalena McAfee: 'I see myself as a recovering journalist'". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2011.
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“My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.”
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“My feelings towards the newspapers are very affectionate.”
-- Annalena McAfeeSource : "Annalena McAfee: 'I see myself as a recovering journalist'". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2011.
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“One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.”
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“That's what I really wanted to do when I was 16, be in comics!”
-- Annalena McAfee
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Source : "Fame and Fingernails as a TV Mobster's Wife". Interview with Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2001.
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“I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.”
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“When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.”
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“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.”
Source : Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.30, Bloomsbury Publishing
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