Let me tell you what I want,' he said fiercely. 'For a start, I want you. I told you that, but perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I want the whole package, hang-ups, fears and phobias, as well as the good parts.


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JOANNA WALSH
And it occurred to me; I was not part of the action. Oh God, I thought, I'm not an anthropologist. I...
JOANNA PEARSON
The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line
JOANNA FIELD
It's strange how the worst day of your life often starts just like any other. You might even complai...
JOANNA CANNON
I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.
JOANNA NEWSOM
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.
JOANNA NEWSOM
I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don...
JOANNA NEWSOM
I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that...
JOANNA LUMLEY
Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed—remember you can go anywhere.
JOANNA LUMLEY
I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purpos...
JOANNA FIELD
It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them
JOANNA FIELD
I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.
JOANNA FIELD
It's so important to have a great relationship with your physician. It's one of those essent...
JOANNA GARCIA
Babe, I nearly shot Skid in the ass one time because a spider fell on me while I was holding a gun,�...
JOANNA WYLDE
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble ...
JOANNA BAILLIE
Never buy one of anything and make two boys share it.
JOANNA MOJA
If standing for my rights and what i deserve makes me a bitch then i will be glad to be a bitch
JOANNA AJ
“Many women's goal is to be the center of attention, when they get fame and catch men eyes its whe...
JOANNA AJ
The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because ...
JOANNA SCOTT
I'm not afraid of needles.
JOANNA KRUPA
I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!
JOANNA TROLLOPE
You're only as wanted as you are needed, and you're only as loved as you feel.
JOANNA MOJA
Sometimes the grass really IS greener on the other side and you're happier, until you step in shit a...
JOANNA MOJA
I had planned to consult with a Black colleague, but when I approached her in the hall she had a cro...
JOANNA RUSS
It's an incredibly emotive issue. This is something that really upset Afghans. But it is also being ...
JOANNA NATHAN
There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.
JOANNA FIELD
Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an anima...
JOANNA LUMLEY
We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly after...
JOANNA LUMLEY
I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand.
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT
Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so.
JOANNA KRUPA
Courage doesn't mean being free from fear; it means learning to work through fear and speak even whe...
JOANNA BROOKS
I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can'...
JOANNA SCOTT
If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the...
JOANNA SCOTT
I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the ...
JOANNA TROLLOPE
When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and t...
JOANNA GOING
In order to survive as a race, as a planet, you must learn to share light. There is no other way.
JOANNA GAWN
I used to panic and get rattled when I was young, but as I've got older, I've started litera...
JOANNA LUMLEY
To have real issues to delve into, research-wise, always makes it a lot more satisfying to me. I can...
JOANNA GOING
The objective is to raise the profile of the city to its residents and visitors.
JOANNA ORMESHER
Here we go then," Dad says. "Motoring towards our dreams, Bridge."
"You shouldn't follow dreams...
JOANNA CAMPBELL
You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs ...
JOANNA LUMLEY
I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to...
JOANNA GARCIA
In petrol stations on the motorways where people have left the place looking messy, I clear up each ...
JOANNA LUMLEY
I've been dealing with the press for 45 years. You need a very long spoon to sup with them. Whil...
JOANNA LUMLEY
The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, ou...
JOANNA NEWSOM
Typing was, as the placement agency lady had assured me, like riding a bike: my fingers remembered t...
JOANNA RAKOFF
I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are comp...
JOANNA NEWSOM
I think most of the world would like to be Scottish. All the Americans who come here never look for ...
JOANNA LUMLEY
The voiceless and most defenseless ones are the animals, so most of my attention goes to them.
JOANNA KRUPA
One pretty amazing thing we learned early on was that the more time we spent together, the better ou...
JOANNA GAINES
I don't mean to be trite about abortion, but I do feel it's a woman's body, and I don...
JOANNA CASSIDY
The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That's the trouble
with women, too."
JOANNA RUSS
There's an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually...
JOANNA LUMLEY
As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.

But the frogs die in ...
JOANNA RUSS
Cameras love pretty girls and craggy, old character men more than they can take craggy, old characte...
JOANNA LUMLEY
I used to go out wearing any old rubbish, no make-up, nothing, but since mobile phones, that has all...
JOANNA LUMLEY
There's no being out too late in Whileaway, or up too early, or in the wrong part of town, or unesco...
JOANNA RUSS
While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort...
JOANNA SCOTT
I'd describe myself as a saver, but just sometimes I can spend like a kicking horse! Ryman is th...
JOANNA LUMLEY
There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energ...
JOANNA CASSIDY
I finally believed it was actually a beautiful thing to be unique and to be different.
JOANNA GAINES
I never go to the gym - I can't be doing with it. But I run up and down the stairs, wash my feet...
JOANNA LUMLEY