Quote by Denise Mina
I always wanted to work at Take A Break magazine, you know, just t

I always wanted to work at Take A Break magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their stories. I applied for a job there after Id done my law degree and didnt even get an interview. I only wrote Garnethill because I didnt get that job! – Denise Mina

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Comics dont work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. Its hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job. – Denise Mina

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We dont really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. Its a cultural thing, so maybe we dont need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isnt as nice here so theres no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles. – Denise Mina

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In the Garnethill trilogy, people always forget that Maureen ODonnells dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks theyre middle-class – theyre just working class because they speak with accents. – Denise Mina

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The more you observe politics, the more youve got to admit that each party is worse than the other. – Will Rogers

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Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasnt stolen. – Imelda Marcos

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I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I dont know now either. – Amitabh Bachchan

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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. – Henry Adams

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