Colleen McCullough Quotes
That's the purpose of old age... To give us a breathing space before we die, in which to see why we did what we did.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.
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At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I was going to be the head wrangler at a ranch in Wyoming, and the reason I didn't take the job is because I couldn't have my family there - the family had to stay in town. I just wasn't willing to do that.
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When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.
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As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.
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...Try not to be too angry or disappointed with your fellow Americans. Most of them don't care about politics as much as the majority of my readers, and the education they have received about it from the government's public school system is nothing more than a septic tank full of warmed-over self-serving statist lies and leftist propaganda.
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Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.
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There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.
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Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when I'm acting, I'm putting my mind, body, and soul into something, and that's one of the times during the day when I don't tic.
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I did not hear her go or come back, but I supposed she went.
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That's the purpose of old age... To give us a breathing space before we die, in which to see why we did what we did.
