Geraldine Brooks Quotes

There's just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you can't know it all, and that's where imagination can work.

Geraldine Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkGreatImaginationPastYou

I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films.

Jody Hill

WeirdLikeReallyRichardClark

A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing.

Jerry Saltz

CaringPeopleThinkClothesStill

What is most troubling about Mr. Putin's aggression in Crimea is that it reflects a growing disregard for America's credibility in the world. That has emboldened other aggressive actors - from Chinese nationalists to Al Qaeda terrorists and Iranian theocrats.

John McCain

WorldAmericaGrowingAggressive

I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

Matt Dillon

CharacterWorryLongBelievable

There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.

Jeff Greenfield

LifeLeadershipExperienceTeam

Yoga is a great thing to do because you can just practice it by yourself in your hotel.

Stella Maxwell

GreatYourselfPracticeHotelYou

I don't have a traditional design background, but it's inherent to me. My father was in the fabric industry, and even my grandfather and my great-grandfather were lace manufacturers.

Stacey Bendet

FatherMeDesignGrandfatherLace

Our particular problem in America at this point in history is the widespread loss of the sense of individual significance, a loss which is sensed inwardly as impotence.

Rollo May

HistoryAmericaLossProblemPoint

Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Mikhail Bakunin

WorldWillEverythingPassSymphony

Well, I've been a fan of videogames all my life.

Michael Strahan

LifeMy LifeWellBeenFan

I had about the biggest, longest wish list anyone could have, and 99 percent of what I wanted to get on the screen we got on the screen within our schedule and within our budget and within our resources.

Brad Bird

BudgetWishScheduleResourcesGet

There are so many levels in fashion that I'm happy to dip in and dip out of it all.

Brad Goreski

HappyFashionOutDipManyLevels

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