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Peter Mayle
British Author
Born: Jun 14, 1939
Died: Jan 18, 2018
Books Great Me People Think You
Related authors: Dorothy L. Sayers George Eliot George Orwell Ian Fleming James Allen Marcus Buckingham Neil Gaiman Virginia Woolf
There is nothing I like better at the end of a hot summer's day than taking a short walk around the garden. You can smell the heat coming up from the earth to meet the cooler night air. Peter Mayle
Day You Gardening Garden Better Walk Smell Nothing Meet Air Summer Earth Hot Taking Like Around Coming End Up Than Heat Short Cooler Night
One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour. Peter Mayle
Life Sometimes Unfair Luck Bit Must Favour Never Never Forget Forget Your Works
I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather. Peter Mayle
Me School Days School Father Weather Enough Gave Spend Some Hot Days Taste Where Barbados Working Lucky
You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature. Peter Mayle
You Mad Steam Unstoppable Like French She Housewife Gets Behind Creature Her
In the south of France the phones cut in and out, the electricity isn't particularly reliable. I think many people would get very irritated with that life. Peter Mayle
Life Phones People Think France Out Reliable Would Particularly South Very Get Irritated Cut Electricity Many
I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years. Peter Mayle
Work Great School Think Out Would Missed Been Years Waiter Left Initially University
When I was very young in London, I had a bank account, which didn't have a great deal in it. I should think at least every three months the bank manager would call me up and threaten to strangle me because I had no money, and I was writing checks. Peter Mayle
Great Me Writing Money Great Deal Three Young Every Think Months Would Threaten London Had Checks Call Because Deal Least Up Very Account Manager Bank Bank Account Which Should Strangle
There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place. Peter Mayle
Miserable Plenty Over Place Millionaires
The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid. Peter Mayle
Life Great Me You Money Financial Think Rigid Bores About Having Crouch Journal Over Like Look Great Thing Stock Times Wall Wall Street Wall Street Journal Get Just Your Paying Figures Bills Street Actually Street Journal Thing Things
Very little happens in my books. Peter Mayle
Books Very Happens Little

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