Richard Flanagan Quotes

I think all novels are contemporary. When people went to see 'Antony-Cleopatra' at the Globe in the 16th century, they were not going to get a history lesson on the Roman Empire. It was about love, sex, and also about dynastic troubles.

Richard Flanagan

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LoveHistoryPeopleThinkSexSee

Classical music can rock you!

Ji-Hae Park

MusicYouRockClassical Music

My face and body have been a tool for my career, and I'm very conscious of that aspect and try and keep it the best I can.

Jerry Hall

BestFaceBodyCareerI CanTry

TV industry pays us as much as the leading guy or probably more. All our shows are women-oriented, and all the TV actresses are getting paid well. There is absolutely no discrimination over here.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

DiscriminationMoreOverIndustryUs

I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.

Amor Towles

WritingThoughtYouInsideAlways

What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns.

Shimon Peres

YouGunsGreaterThanRelations

Everybody I know is writing plays twice a year. It's sort of making me feel I am not up to much.

Tom Stoppard

I AmMeWritingFeelYearKnow

I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle.

Robin Givens

MeSomeonePersonWantHandleWho

You're torn between wanting to fill in all the spaces and knowing that's really going to screw up the screenplay. And yet, how are you going to communicate it to people who really don't understand the process?

Robert Towne

PeopleProcessYouUnderstandUp

Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it.

Monte Irvin

WarThinkFightingAmericanYouSay

In living life at 90 percent, the formula is life is 10 percent of what happens to you and 90 percent of how you react to it.

Diamond Dallas Page

LifeYouLivingReactPercentHow

I love my shed. It's my space and my mess - and I know where everything is.

Debi Gliori

LoveSpaceKnowEverythingMess

And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.

Chris Hadfield

FlightNowOfficeHoustonReturn

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