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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Even if people do wrong, were social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are bad or evil is just an unwillingness to engage an unwillingness to try to empathise. That sanctimonious attitude doesnt help anyone. – Denise Mina

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Attitude
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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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Food
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If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were. – Denise Mina

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Religion
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Frankly, I dont mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. – Edward Kennedy

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It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear… – Rutherford B. Hayes

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Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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In politics it is necessary either to betray ones country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. – Charles de Gaulle

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I was fairly solitary. I didnt like structured learning. People didnt seem to be my cup of tea. – Dan Farmer

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