Deborah Mailman Quotes

My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.

Deborah Mailman

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LoveTeacherGreatSchoolThought

Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

Joan Didion

GoodOpportunityTruthPowerTime

I had a lot of chaos in my very early years before I was old enough to know what was going on, and then I just skated through the rest of my childhood without dealing with it.

Jeremy Sisto

ChildhoodChaosRestEnoughEarly

I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

John Hughes

ChangePeopleMeClothesYouNow

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

John Steinbeck

SadSoulGermThanQuicker

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Ambrose Bierce

PatriotismNameReadyTorchRubbish

Things are only as important as you make them out to be.

Amanda de Cadenet

YouImportantOutThingsOnlyMake

I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

Rohit Sharma

PowerI AmHappyI Am HappyI Can

Girls that I use to try to talk to, now they want to talk to me.

Romeo Miller

MeNowWantTryTalkUse

The passion for money is never fickle.

Mason Cooley

PassionMoneyNeverFickle

Civil law, as well as nature herself, has always recognized a wide difference in the respective spheres and destinies of man and woman.

Joseph P. Bradley

NatureWomanManLawDifference

I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting.

Derek Luke

MyselfCollegeThinkingThoughtKid

Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.

David Suzuki

BeingDoomAboutGloom

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