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I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old a

I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader. – Geraldine Brooks

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The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow. – Geraldine Brooks

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You cant write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. Im very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. – Geraldine Brooks

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September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. – Geraldine Brooks

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My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didnt have a job that gave them a pension. – Marilyn Manson

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At one point my dad called me and said, You have always been a great salesman. I think its time you come home and sell swimming pools. – Courteney Cox

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I had to learn how to chop wood actually – I dont think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up. – Jennifer Lawrence

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My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and dont make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. – Sarojini Naidu

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There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” – Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns Fifty, 1998

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