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Richard Flanagan Quotes

My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing he ever knew.

Richard Flanagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: australian
Birth: 1961

Topics

Family Father Beautiful Words Me He

Membership in the closed society of the motion-picture industry is almost never revoked for moral failings.

John Gregory Dunne

Society Moral Never Industry Almost

A creation needs not only subjectivity, but also objectivity.

Creation Only Needs Objectivity Also

The truth is that transitioning to clean energy like wind and solar will create millions of new, good jobs that can't be outsourced, and spur economic growth - all while avoiding the inevitable, significant damages our economy will suffer should we keep building more pipelines.

Good Growth Truth Wind Energy New

No one ever contributed anything to my designs.

Anything Ever Designs

There's always apprehension whenever I launch anything, it seems. When I launch a tour, people are always, 'Oooh, is this gonna work?' And when I launch an album: 'Ooh, is this gonna work?' Or a new video. 'Really?' It's always like that - but I've always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose.

Work People Lose New Nothing Launch

It was a blast. I was doing everything that teenagers do and everything people in their twenties do. I was playing as hard as I was working, which was an effort to really balance my life.

Life Balance Effort People My Life

When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.

William Shatner

Meaning Look Audience Again Ad

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.

Paula Radcliffe

Home Time Focus Team Moon Year

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

Me Back Down Back Up Top Big

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience Courage Moral Moral Courage

Every collaboration with a new person is like when you take a bin of Legos and dump them on the floor. All of the pieces to work with are right there. A floor full of Legos is full of possibilities.

Work Collaboration Possibilities You

I actually had someone say to me, 'Lynn, you're going to have very good days, and you're going to have very bad days. But It's rare that things are as good as they look, and it's rare that things are as bad as they seem.' So having perspective, and challenging perspective, is important to making good decisions.

Good Perspective Me Decisions Look

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