Christina Stead Quotes
When a woman hates, she will wreck a dozen lives to pay back what she conceives to be some injury.
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A woman should be an illusion.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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One of the things I have to do, and I'm working on it, is making sure I enjoy the ride along the way. I have to remind myself, 'Take a look around, look at things, and enjoy it.'
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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Kate Moss has great style.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
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Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
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I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily.
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Time passes cold and indifferent over us; it knows nothing of our joys or sorrows; it leads us with ice-cold hand deeper and deeper into the labyrinth.
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Our lives are interesting.
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When a woman hates, she will wreck a dozen lives to pay back what she conceives to be some injury.
