Geraldine Brooks Quotes

I'd gotten myself into a kind of journalism that wasn't really compatible with rearing an infant. I'd been a foreign correspondent for a long time and had this subspecialty in covering catastrophes. It had spoiled me a little because you have a tremendous amount of autonomy, and I couldn't really see being an editor in an office.

Geraldine Brooks

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When I read Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns', I think it's a wonderful record of the Reagan era. I think it's amazing. This is the time I lived in.

Max Brooks

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I'm pro-WWE, but also I maintain my independence and speak my true thoughts, never bashing the product. But yes, I can be critical. I've earned the right to be critical.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks.

Sia

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I wouldn't undervalue my year under Pep Guardiola because I think I made a big step forward in that year.

Toni Kroos

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I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.

Robin Williams

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My whole career this is the biggest failure financially, but at the same time, it's one of my favorite things I've ever done.

Mike Binder

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I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

Michael Rapaport

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I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.

Douglas Wilder

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I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.

Brett Favre

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Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.

Bruce Springsteen

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I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.

April Bloomfield

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