Richard Flanagan Quotes

Black Saturday reminded many Australians of what they know only too well: that of all the advanced economies, Australia is perhaps the one most vulnerable to climate change.

Richard Flanagan

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ChangeBlackSaturdayKnowAustralia

Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.

Maurice Strong

Make A DifferenceYouAcceptWill

I wasn't one of those kids who dreamed of writing novels when I was 8 or 12. I wanted to be a film director. I wanted to make big action movies. I loved movies like 'Die Hard,' 'Predator,' 'Aliens,' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

Matthew Reilly

WritingActionLovedDieLostHard

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

Ann Richards

MotherLiveMyselfBestExpectations

King chiller. That was me.

Amir Khan

KingMe

I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.

Sting

TeachTwoYearsTaught

It is hard to miss the irony in the fact that the very same week that Republicans were publicly heralding Congressman Paul Ryan's plan to inject market forces into the American health care system, they were crafting a budget deal to strip them from the health reform law.

Ron Wyden

HealthLawCareAmericanPlanWeek

When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in words.

Michael Morpurgo

MotherMusicWordsMeBedShe

Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.

Jason Statham

ManToughHideEmotionsKnowWeak

I just like playing music and doing it with people that I care about. It doesn't really matter where. It's like, 'Why don't we just play piano in a small bar? Why do we want to make an arena full of people happy?'

Josh Klinghoffer

MusicHappyPeopleSmallCareDoing

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

Don Marquis

WritingReadingRichLipsYouWant

That's one great thing about my profession, traveling to locations.

Dean Stockwell

GreatGreat ThingTravelingAbout

I like a man who grins when he fights.

Winston Churchill

ManWhoLikeHeFights

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