Kate Grenville Quotes

'The Secret River' began because, at the age of 50, I suddenly realised I knew nothing about how my own family had got its foothold in Australia.

Kate Grenville

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She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven.

Joan Rivers

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If I were to run for president, then people would debate the pros and cons of what's wrong with me in increasingly aggressive 140 character tweets and Facebook status updates, and, inevitably, everyone would end up fighting.

Jen Lancaster

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LaGuardia is jammed into just 680 urban acres; taxiways are tight; runways intersect; you can't launch a departure until the arrival on the other runway crosses the threshold or else the airplanes will ... collide.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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Part of the story of 'Ghosts of Ascalon' is how they got to that tentative truce where you can find humans and charr working together.

Jeff Grubb

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I don't know quite how a story develops in my head. It is a bit chaotic. If I am working on a series, one of the main characters at least is already in existence as well as some setting and minor characters. Finding the other main character can be a challenge. Sometimes this character already exists in a minor role in another book.

Mary Balogh

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In all my fantasies, I always assumed I would get married and have six children along the way with the greatest of ease.

Molly Ivins

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Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.

Joyce Brothers

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An ethical man doesn't need a consensus of his allies in order to act against something he finds reprehensible.

Joseph Brodsky

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The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.

Douglas Coupland

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Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

Clifford Stoll

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Me and Lucas Black are actually starring in that movie 'Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo.' It's gonna be hot and different. My first action movie, so it's gonna be great.

Bow Wow

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At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.

Bruce Beresford

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