Christina Stead Quotes
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.
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His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.
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I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
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My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.
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People are hungry for God. What a terrible meeting it would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.
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There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.
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An organization is great if you have a clear vision to be able to make it powerful. If you don't, an organization can kind of sap energy that could go elsewhere.
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Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic. What fans are interested in is 'throwawayability': which teams toss away hard-earned leads? Now we know that 'throwawayability' exists because we proved last season that 'bouncebackability' exists (although, hilariously, Palace don't have it) and 'throw-awayability' is the flip side of it.
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What is needed is not a revolution in the opposite direction, but the opposite of a revolution.
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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Kareena Kapoor is my lucky charm
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There are women to whom nature has granted the gift of silent emotion. They have mobile faces, changeful eyes, soft lips, which express joy or desolation naturally, and with the charm of perfect simplicity and truth.
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Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.
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Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.
