Christina Stead Quotes
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I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless.
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Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.
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I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, 'Would you like 'Human Target' to continue to be picked up?' The answer is 'Absolutely!' I love working on this show. I love playing Guerrero. I love seeing where it's going.
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One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.
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The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
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It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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I don't think Roger Dodger is really about men. I think it is more about relationships and about how you present yourself, not only to the opposite sex, but to yourself. What lies are you going to tell yourself in order to get through the day?
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I never tried Pokemon Go. I figured I'd get too addicted to it. I did play Pokemon Snap on Nintendo 64, so that window is closed for me.
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Old age is perhaps life's decision about us ...
