Bryce Courtenay Quotes
I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.
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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I don't mind having these relatives. I'll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
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'Carousel,' please! I would die to do that.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
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I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.
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The traditional practice is that the justices don't ask the attorney general any questions, so as not to embarrass him. But Bobby Kennedy had let them know that he didn't mind if they asked him questions and they did.
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By the end of 2008, clearly, the al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated. They actually said that in many of their transmissions that we were able to pick up. And the Shia militia, largely those trained by the Iranians in Basra and also in Sadr City, had been defeated.
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I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
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Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go, "Okay, I can bring a lot to this. I can improvise and I can create something out of this."
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I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.
