Helen Garner Quotes

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.

Helen Garner

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NatureRainMeaningFallIntention

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

Robert Orben

PlacePollutionNowAirLungsMuch

The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you're cute', I'll say thank you, but I appreciate it much more when the other one says 'you make me laugh so much'.

Michael J. Fox

CuteWalkMeThank YouAppreciate

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Jean Rostand

TruthNothingScientistPremature

No matter what else is going on, Christmas is my all-time favorite period in the year. It has a positive effect on me like very little else does, seasonally, that is.

Rush Limbaugh

PositiveMeYearChristmasMatter

Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying to stay on the road... If you're still here when you come out of the spin, it's a relief. But you've got to have the terror if you're going to do anything worthwhile.

Mike Nichols

BestRoadTryingLongYouAnything

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

Michel Houellebecq

BeautifulTalentBibleYouUpGive

We ask actors to come to work ready to open a vein, to be emotionally thin-skinned. If someone screams, 'What about my coffee?' it's not about the coffee; it's because they're working in an emotional state. It ain't easy being an actor.

Don Scardino

WorkCoffeeSomeoneEasyReadyAsk

Eventually, people have to realize I'm not different than the person next door, except that more people know my name.

Debbie Rowe

PeopleDoorNamePersonKnowMore

The mountains are a demanding, cold place, and they don't allow for mistakes.

Conrad Anker

MistakesMountainsColdPlaceAllow

Most of the folks to whom I listen are concerned for their future. Too many of them know someone who's out of work, has lost their own job, or fear they might. And, they increasingly believe that the opportunity for a better life for their children is slipping away.

Phil Gingrey

LifeWorkFearFutureChildrenJob

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

Nora Ephron

MindMeSexNobodyFantasyEver

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.

Muriel Rukeyser

ScienceUniverseAtomsMadeStories

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