Patrick White Quotes

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.

Patrick White

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: May 28, 1912 - September 30, 1990

Topics

LifeMyselfParentsMeAdaptLand

It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.

Jennifer Lawrence

LifeGreatMeTryingLongTeeth

I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.

Jenny Slate

LifeCreativeMeFreeEnergyBetter

I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

Jemaine Clement

MeShePartRaisedGrandmaMum

I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural.

Mel Tillis

BabyRememberYouBackKnowMama

Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was writing about or the post-9/11 era that I'm writing about.

Robert J. Sawyer

FutureScienceDayWritingPresent

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

Steve Lacy

AloneTryingNobodyKnowFirst

I fully acknowledge that I am not a journalist.

Tomi Lahren

I AmAcknowledgeJournalistAmFully

I have grown to appreciate the power of believing in myself and of always having faith in myself. I rarely look back; instead, I always look forward. There is so much of life that we miss when we wallow in regret.

Tony Bennett

LifeFaithPowerMyselfForward

Basically I try not to knock other comedians.

Robert Webb

TryComediansKnockOtherBasically

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Arthur Erickson

BeautyManifestGoBeyondInsight

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.

Alfred Hitchcock

BestMeCalmKindDifficultiesLike

This thing called chemistry, which I can't define and wouldn't know how to, either works or it doesn't. Sometimes a love story can involve very talented actors, but we are not invested emotionally in whether they end up together.

Sydney Pollack

LoveTogetherStoryEndSometimes

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