Helen Garner Quotes

Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money, I mean, because I'm established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction.

Helen Garner

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LifeMoneyMy LifeEnoughKnowKind

I have always heard that you need to give yourself a long time to unplug when you do a sabbatical. I unplugged so fast I was a little concerned that I was losing brain capacity.

John Ortberg

TimeYourselfLosingBrainLongYou

If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.

Maurice Greene

PotentialYouTrainWillNeverHard

I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

Jeffrey Donovan

BetterSayWantNeverBiggerGoing

What we're doing now is we're saying that individual schools can spend the money on their own priorities, so that head teachers can decide what's truly important, because the big shift in approach on education that we're taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.

Michael Gove

EducationTrustMoneySayingDoing

When you grow up in life and you're poor, and because you're an athlete or you got rich overnight in music, unless you have access to financial advice or for the transition or matriculation of that process, then of course, you're going to go broke.

Steve Stoute

LifeMusicRichFinancialAdviceGo

History is a heavy thing everywhere.

Tracy K. Smith

HistoryHeavyEverywhereThing

I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.

Rory Bremner

MarriageHomeWifeMeEveningWeird

There's just something that is kind of magical that happens when we sing live.

Liz Callaway

LiveKindMagicalSomethingSing

A quiet, non-attention grabbing, 'Hey, just wanted to say that I enjoy your work' is perfect.

Chris Wood

WorkEnjoyPerfectQuietSayJust

I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.

Colson Whitehead

FootballSoccerWhoKidsPlayedGig

I've been a follower of Arsenal Football Club since I was ten years old.

Clint Smith

FootballTen YearsOldYearsClub

They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there will still be no conventional war.

Bruce Sterling

WarPlaceWillTakeSeenUsed

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