Geraldine Brooks Quotes

I had this story that had been banging around in my head and I thought, 'I'll just see if there's anything there.' So I wrote a few chapters of the book that became 'Year of Wonders,' and lucky for me it found its readers.

Geraldine Brooks

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It's time you stop thinking that because you did something, it's... amazing. All you've got to do is say, 'OK. If I'm great, what do they call Steve Jobs?'

Jimmy Iovine

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I think the fans of the old-school Internet shorts were a little bit older just because it was racier material.

Andy Milonakis

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I am a deeply superficial person.

Andy Warhol

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There are a lot of actresses who can wear their Uggs during a scene, and I only do that if they make me do that - like if I'm working with a shorter man and they request me to take off my shoes.

Alysia Reiner

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Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

Stephen Covey

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I can't stand Tiger Woods. He is the most selfish man I've ever played golf with.

Stewart Rahr

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Yeah, spray tans are not for me.

Tristan MacManus

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If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'

Roger Rosenblatt

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I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and carnage that goes on to make a tablet. Way more than to print a book. Or a bunch of books.

Douglas Rushkoff

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I think I've started to have a lot more fun around snowboarding, even going out of the halfpipe and going to hit some jumps or getting some 'pow.' That definitely made it a lot more fun to me, just adding that much positivity into snowboarding.

Chloe Kim

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I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker.

Christopher Moore

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I knew when I got into this business I couldn't have it both ways: I could live the playboy lifestyle, which is not a bad thing to do, or have a traditional family life, which is how I grew up. And that was more important to me.

Chris O'Donnell

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