Colleen McCullough Quotes
In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary.
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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On the Web, we can be whoever we wish to be, editing the face we show to others in ways that aren't possible in physical space. We can also fine-tune the complexity and depth of our interactions and relationships.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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It doesn't sound too good to say I am the son of a landowner, so let us rather say I am the grandson of exploited Galician peasants.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.
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I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.
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I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a female or a goat - and everybody can relate to that.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. I wish you Happy New Year and diary full of best stories ever written in your life.
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But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.
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What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.
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Some people say the white house on the hill was once a place where old, rich people lived after they retired from owning the industry, the land, the laws, our houses, our town, us.
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary.
