Colleen McCullough Quotes
Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
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The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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I wanted to just come out and continue to improve my game, continue to improve my mental capacity to play well in tournaments. I've had a slow year compared to last year, but I've been pleased because I felt like I was getting better.
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Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head?
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The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.
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I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.
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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
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I think that what made people accept Starbuck as a woman was that she was just such an interesting character. I think that once people put their guard down and their preconceived notions of what the show is supposed to be and just allowed it to really be good science fiction.
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When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.
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People just want to have access to all of the world's music.
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It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
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I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.
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I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.
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I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.
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As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.
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You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.
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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
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In assuming any office besides its essential one, the State begins to lose the power of fulfilling its essential one.
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Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
