Colleen McCullough Quotes
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
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A different language is a different vision of life.
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Zoroastrians believe in one Great Almighty Spirit of Good who is in combat against evil forces, and Goodness prevails in the end. There is no self-flagellation or staring at the sun or snake-handling.
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We still have a long way to go ... I hope the virus will give us that time.
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I need to find the right guy and the right family. The day I find something worth my while, I will get married and have kids, too.
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My family went through divorces and remarriages and the later, blended home - and then watched that home explode, too.
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Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave. That is why I believe that this frightfulness we see everywhere today is only temporary. Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life. All men will want to be free and share our way of life. There must be so much that I should have said, but haven't. What I will say now is just what most of us are probably thinking every day. I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom.
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It's no fun to be a bluestocking in a family of jockstraps.
