I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.
Lynn Coady
Recitation: by Male by Female
Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you've done or didn't do in your relationship - and it's just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.
Jessica Alba
RelationshipOpinionYouDoneThings
I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.
Jeremy Renner
LifeFearLiveMy LifeAfraidJust
I grew up in the suburbs outside of Newcastle, and there were blank walls, and there was a lot of space to imagine - the fields and the motorways - so I used to sit and talk to myself as different people.
Andrea Riseborough
MyselfWallsSpacePeopleTalkUp
I will never drink again.
Davinia Taylor
WillDrinkNeverAgain
To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was spending years making records.
Chino Moreno
EyesMeWriteRealYearsUsed
I'm sure that the ideas being incubated at places like Startup Village today will form the core of the technologies of tomorrow.
Pranav Mistry
TodayTomorrowIdeasVillageWill
I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.
Sean Parker
FreedomMoneyImpactMaking Money
I want to get in there and wrestle my sister! That's the fun part, when you get in there with someone who has the same passion for wrestling and that can work well, and you can put on a good match where you can really just get at each other.
Nikki Bella
WorkGoodPassionFunSisterYou
The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights.
Rene Cassin
InfluencePoliticalThroughRights
We should be aware and constantly having conversations about the world because that's how you change it from the bigger standpoint rather than acutely trying to change things.
Kenya Barris
ChangeWorldTryingYouBigger
Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others', mixed with a great deal of imagination. I might see a person in a grocery store and build a whole character and life out of what's in her basket.
Elizabeth Berg
LifeCharacterGreatImaginationSee
Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.
Bill Skarsgard
TimePeopleThinkLongActingTrue
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