Richard Flanagan Quotes

The idea of some people being less than people is poison to any society and needs to be named as such in order to halt its spread before it turns the soul of a society septic.

Richard Flanagan

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SoulPeopleSocietySome PeopleIdea

I'm not a religious person by any means. But I'm curious.

Jenny Lewis

CuriousPersonReligiousMeansAny

Opinion pages have an impact on public debate, and they sometimes reveal things the government would rather have kept quiet.

Andrew Rosenthal

GovernmentOpinionImpactQuiet

Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people.

Matt Taibbi

FatherPeopleFriendsNeverKid

Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us.

Matthew Simpson

LifeThingsAgainstUsPractical

The first thing we need to understand when we think about globalization is that it has benefited an enormous number of people who are not part of the global elite.

Angus Deaton

PeopleThinkGlobalizationUnderstand

Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I am finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden, so there is a lot of work.

Jeanne Moreau

LifeWorkHopeBeautifulI AmYou

Personally, I try to be provocative but not needlessly provocative in my work.

Steve Breen

WorkTryProvocativePersonally

I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears.

Tori Spelling

I AmIrrationalBundleNervesFears

I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.

Rosie Perez

AgeMeWeaknessLyingStartedOlder

The part in 'Philadelphia' where I represent the law firm that's firing Tom Hanks, that was a hard part for me because I lost one of my best friends to AIDS, and it was hard for me to play a part that wasn't sympathetic to someone with AIDS.

Mary Steenburgen

BestMeLawFriendsSomeonePlay

I went to the Gobi Desert, even though I had no scenes there. This is the greatness of China, the landscape, even for us.

Michelle Yeoh

GreatnessDesertLandscapeChinaUs

I love the idea that it doesn't take one person only to achieve your potential. It takes a village, it takes a community, a street, a teacher, a mother.

Mira Nair

LoveMotherCommunityTeacherPerson

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