Wilfred Burchett Quotes

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.

Wilfred Burchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: September 16, 1911 - September 27, 1983

Topics

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I have been able to sniff out a phony.

Jennifer Coolidge

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I am more comfortable on set than I am in my own home.

Jennifer Lynch

HomeI AmComfortableMy OwnMore

You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you.

Matthew Modine

HopeBestPushYouUnderstandOut

Disney has been such a big part of my early career. I've done two pilots for Disney, and I've been working with them since I was 16, and I just turned 21.

Spencer Boldman

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We have to learn not to feel guilty about letting our imagination browse around, and you know, in writing fiction particularly. But I think, in any kind of writing, we have to learn to allow ourselves to approach it in a contemplative way.

Sue Monk Kidd

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At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan.

Tom Wolfe

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A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

Jean Anouilh

LoveGoodActorNeverGood Actor

In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing... but that's impossible.

Christian Louboutin

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I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

Christopher Dodd

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I am going to get involved with giving back to military families.

Ashley Wagner

I AmGivingBackGiving BackGoing

I prepare for every role. I come into class with my homework under my arm.

Paul Sorvino

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Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives.

Rick Perlstein

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