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Geraldine Brooks Quotes

I was so shy. I used to cross the street so I wouldn't even have to talk to my relatives, much less strangers. That's not shy, that's wise. But I found that that when you had a journalist's notebook in your hand it wasn't really you, you see.

Geraldine Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: australian
Birth: September 14, 1955

Topics

Wise You Strangers Street Shy Hand

When I'm nervous, I can't eat or sleep.

Andreja Pejic

Sleep Nervous Eat

We had a mother who could have been called a feminist. That's just how we were raised. Why do you have to go sulk off in some corner because you are a girl? What's the big deal?

Ann Wilson

Mother Girl You Go Why Big

I can't let other people dictate how I see myself.

Sterling K. Brown

Myself People See I See Other How

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth.

Steve Wynn

Truth Simple People Smell Tell Keep

I feel very blessed. I have had, and am having, such a lovely life.

Sienna Miller

Not Perfect Perfect

I have never hurt anyone, and that pays back. I have always wanted good for everyone.

Shilpa Shinde

Good Hurt Back Never Always Wanted

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.

Ruth Ann Minner

Good Pizza You Will Promise Minutes

I worked on three independent movies in close succession and... I really learned from those directors how to stay on budget, make your days, get it done, keep everyone happy, which is a huge thing in a movie, and to steer the ship.

Michael Urie

Happy Ship Budget Done Three Movies

In 'Breaking Bad,' we have a lead character who definitely finds himself in a situation he would never have expected to find himself in normally.

Michelle MacLaren

Character Bad Find Situation Never

No matter how many fights I got into, I was always the victor. I didn't like it, though. I remember being 12 years old, and I looked in the sky, and I said, 'God, I don't want to fight no more. I'm tired of fighting. I know what I want to do in my life, and fighting's not going to get me there.'

Deontay Wilder

Life God Sky Fight Tired Me

When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob.

Chloe Sevigny

Now More Snob Because Accepting

Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.

Chris Carter

Learning Me Fly Airplane Thinking