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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I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills.
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Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.
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But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?
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I was Minnie Mouse for Halloween, every year when I was little. Then, I had the Cinderella nightgown, when I was really little, that I begged my mother to wear to school. I was also Snow White a lot.
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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.
