Richard Flanagan Quotes

I was struck by the way Europeans see history as something neatly linear. For me, it's not that; it's not some kind of straight railway.

Richard Flanagan

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HistoryMeKindWaySeeRailway

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting.

John Cleese

GoodBetterInterestingLongBack

The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.

Maurice Hinchey

HistoryRiverCountryDevelopment

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.

Amy Grant

LifeTimePerceptionInformation

I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.

Stephen Mangan

InspirationalGoodTeacherSchoolHe

I'm obsessed with neon sneakers.

Rob Kardashian

SneakersObsessed

I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.

Mickey Rooney

FunnyMarriageManWorldOutMay

Brooklyn is definitely the only place to live in the New York area. I love Brooklyn. Go Brooklyn!

Michael Pitt

LoveLiveNew YorkBrooklynPlace

When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater from the back of a van in Kilburn, that's OK. I need to be with my family. My job is to keep the family together and provide for them.

Jason Isaacs

FamilyChildrenTogetherJobDoing

Not a lot of people know it, but I don't have any qualms about saying it - there's a lot of mental illness that runs in my family.

Donna Lynne Champlin

FamilyPeopleSayingKnowIllness

For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.

Sylvia Earle

HomeSnowSurviveThriveIcePlace

I envision a world where our smartphone is central to our lives in a non-obtrusive and intelligent way.

Peggy Johnson

WorldIntelligentWayWhereOur

When I go into a store and find a T-shirt that's well-designed with a great fabric but the fit is all wrong, the T-shirt is ruined for me.

Kygo

GreatMeFindWrongGoT-Shirt

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