Geraldine Brooks Quotes

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.

Geraldine Brooks

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LovePastReligionEmpathyDriving

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Jerry Brown

FindPaperAvailableVolumeFill

I prefer not to fly, but sometimes it's unavoidable.

Jermain Defoe

FlySometimesPreferUnavoidable

Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

ChildrenJobDeathStoryBearMore

The more successful we get, the more opportunities come our way.

Matthew Ramsey

OpportunitiesWayMoreSuccessful

It is beautiful to be what you are.

Jean Paul Gaultier

BeautifulYou

I've never thought intelligence was age-related.

Michael De Luca

IntelligenceThoughtNever

We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any more than corporations have a guarantee of immortality.

John W. Snow

JobStartRealityMoreImmortality

I went on YouTube and saw videos of Angelina Jolie on some talk show showing people switchblade tricks, and I was like, 'That's what I want to do.'

Alycia Debnam-Carey

PeopleWantTalkYouTubeVideosSaw

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

PracticeRealityBetterYouWant

You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, 'I'm never going to be like that guy.' What I've discovered is you kind of wind up becoming your parents, which is also a cliche in itself. My father, despite the fact that he's been dead for over 25 years, he's been a huge influence on me.

Loudon Wainwright III

FatherParentsMeWindThinkYou

There's a lot of pressure to make products better. I don't feel freer.

Joy Mangano

PressureBetterFeelProductsMake

It's awesome, because in live-action, most of my comedies have been rated R, so I'm trying to make adults laugh. While animation is a completely different world where you're trying to make children laugh. So that difference is a blast to do.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

ChildrenWorldLaughTryingYou

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