Richard Flanagan Quotes

John Howard, willing to apologise to home owners for rising interest rates, would not say sorry to Aborigines. He refused to condone what he referred to as 'a black armband version' of history, preferring a jingoistic nationalism.

Richard Flanagan

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The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

Andrew Scott

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.

John Cheever

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As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big.

Robert Reich

PoliticalLongCreateWashingtonBig

The song 'Baby Baby,' I so love that song because I wrote it about my first daughter.

Amy Grant

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Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

Stephen Covey

AttitudeSpaceChooseWhereResponse

It was at the department store where people got away from provincialism.

Stanley Marcus

PeopleWhereAwayGotStore

Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are. Most of us see through the eyes of our fears and our limiting beliefs and our false assumptions.

Robin S. Sharma

EyesWorldRememberAssumptionsSee

No matter what the situation, winning takes care of a lot of stuff. Things are never perfect, even when you win. But it does make for a lot better environment, for sure.

Mike Quade

WinWinningCareBetterYouPerfect

I don't go around saturated in guilt or anything like that. I do worry about things quite a lot, but I don't feel as though I am a bad person.

Louis Theroux

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I want to help transgender individuals who might be struggling realize that they have to love themselves and stay true to who they are because if they keep moving forward, and keep a positive attitude, then things will get better.

Jazz Jennings

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The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.

Joshua Reynolds

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New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might put it to you, 'Jane is now friends with Tom.' The connection has been made; the picture is getting more complete.

Douglas Rushkoff

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