Geraldine Brooks Quotes
There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.
Quotes to Explore
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Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.
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I love design.
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I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.
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The aristocracy most widely developed in America is that of wealth.
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To play vinyl onstage is not my thing. For me, vinyl is for home listening.
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If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion.
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Its okay I'm wearing really big knickers.
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In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.
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If i should enter the house and speak with my own voice, at last, about its awful furnitutre, pulling apart the covering over the dusty bodies; the randy father, the husband holding ice in his hand like a blessing, the mother bleeding into herself and the small imploding girl, i say if i should walk into that web, who will come flying after me, leaping tall buildings? you?
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Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.
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Although we should not love our friends for the good that they do us, it is a sign that they do not love us much if they do not do us good when they have the power to do so.
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The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.
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Deciding what gets my time is very simple: I ask, What am I passionate about?
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I'd rather go to school and do loads of music than anything else.
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Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point.
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Faith is the ability to have trust in powers greater than yourself, to confidently stride into the unknown, and to believe in your own abilites-no matter what.
