Thomas Keneally Quotes

And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left.

Thomas Keneally

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WantLeftPriestKnewThoughReally

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.

Jesse Jackson

AttitudeTodayHopeBelieveAchieve

We did a thing that we would call we call 'hirstories.' H - I - R - S - T - O - R - Y. I would enact a young Mort. And that always felt - it was so funny - it felt more difficult than playing Maura.

Jeffrey Tambor

FunnyYoungMoreDifficultAlways

We have come a long way in terms of foreign policy.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

LongWayPolicyLong WayComeTerms

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

Tom Seaver

BaseballYearsBigLevelGotBelt

A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times.

Tom Stoppard

OthersHumanRightTimelessCannot

What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood.

Mary Tyler Moore

EyePlaceBloodInsideDyingTask

I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'

Mary J. Blige

GodRestDoingYearYouKnow

It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy.

Claire Danes

FunnyPatienceThinkFeelNowLazy

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.

Brent Scowcroft

BelieveMindsetTryingCountryNew

There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.

Bryant H. McGill

SpiritNationGreaterSomethingThan

Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.

Pierre Loti

StudyThroughFossilsBeenHad

The nurses' job is emotional and distressing. Their day-to-day work is dealing with people withering and falling to pieces. So black humour is essential for them cope with that. It's just a consequence of their environment.

Peter Capaldi

WorkJobPeopleBlackEnvironment

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