Bryce Courtenay Quotes
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.
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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
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I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.
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The biggest danger for any organism is to not identify that it's being threatened. I want to hope that people realize that the source of danger and risk in the Middle East is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but the deep radical Islamic vision of forming a global caliphate.
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I think Jesus was about bringing people together and connecting people in love, hanging out with the people who other people didn't want to hang out with. Spending time with the worst of the worst because He knew those are the people who needed Him most.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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The line between anime and regular animation is very difficult to cross, even for people who have been doing anime successfully for years.
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The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people.
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So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!
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I've never, ever just been attracted to men. I've never just been attracted to women.
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If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.
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Laughs are always needed.
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We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.
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People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.
