Christina Stead Quotes
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.
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If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the bottom of their soul, it can be a bit annoying.
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I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'
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I always had a fascination with twins.
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I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law.
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You have to have an overall vision of how you want people to see you.
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In 1974 I was trying to get my first little band together. That year marked kind of a traumatic point in my life, but I had a lot of support from friends and family and a lot of good things ended up coming out of it.
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Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
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Life is beautiful, as long as it consumes you. When it is rushing through you, destroying you, life is gorgeous, glorious. It's when you burn a slow fire and save fuel, that life's not worth having.
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A single girl must lead a double life don't you think?
