Richard Flanagan Quotes

I get more optimistic as I get older.

Richard Flanagan

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Sadly, bird illustration has always been an under-appreciated art.

John Burnside

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Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

John Lasseter

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The independence once represented by the car has been replaced by cell phones and social networks, which are now at the forefront of people's expression of freedom and access. Once a symbol of 'coming of age,' many drivers are waiting longer to get their licenses.

John Zimmer

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Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to find employment in the first place, take enormous pride in our hard-fought jobs and careers.

Stella Young

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I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker.

Steven Spielberg

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You're in front of an audience and thinking off the top of your head - you're going to say things that offend people sometimes. Sometimes I'll be driving home, and I'll be like, 'Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said that.'

Ross Mathews

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Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with.

Domhnall Gleeson

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It's a very dull thing to watch, a writer at work. So dull that whole casts of characters show up just to watch the boring writer writing.

Debi Gliori

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This is a broad thought, but loving yourself and having the support so that you can love yourself is the most important thing that young people in Chicago can get.

Common

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Do as much theatre as you can while you're at school.

Phyllida Lloyd

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How many years and how many pictures does it take to win the confidence of Paramount? How many years before my fellow workers say, 'I know he is doing his best?'

Preston Sturges

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Let's not forget, it was the government, Department of Finance and Central Bank that decided to unfairly land the taxpayers of this country with unmitigated losses of Anglo and massive legacy issues that would have been expected when nationalising a fraudulent bank.

Sean Quinn

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