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Richard Flanagan Quotes

In the late 19th century, the theory that the Aborigines were an inferior race that was doomed to die out became accepted as fact.

Richard Flanagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: australian
Birth: 1961

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Die Late Race Out Theory Accepted

We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people oughta do is get outside their own house and look in for a change.

John Michael Hayes

Change People Look House Become Own

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Honesty Best Man Saying Criticism

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.

Robert Anton Wilson

Fear Cry Rage Abandoned Infant

When you're writing for the Internet, you have the analytics, and you know that people are bailing every second. But various people kept reminding me that once people have bought a book, they're in. You don't have to be selling them on every page.

People Me Writing Book Internet You

I've never wanted to just ride on coat tails. I don't know, if you don't earn something then it doesn't feel as good.

Good Ride Feel You Know Never

I can't recall a bad review - maybe I'm due one. But the worst thing would be if somebody said I was inaudible. Reach your audience's ears - only then can you reach their hearts.

Miriam Margolyes

Reach You Bad Said Worst Audience

Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long since lost all its vital heat.

Friend Day Moon Cold Long Earth

People have been trying to make a two-hour feature film of 'Outlander' for years and years and years.

People Trying Years Film Been Make

Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one of a long list of girls, and got it on my audition.

Long You Know Royal Company Left

I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.

Love People Me Think Difference Up

There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang. The notion of more than one universe, more than one everything, would seemingly be a contradiction in terms.

Time Universe More Everything Whole

'Dinner' is completely scripted. There are some improv elements, but I'm not interested in pranking people. It's more like a play than standup.

People Dinner Play More Improv Like

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