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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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Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. – Geraldine Brooks

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There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us. – 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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As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food. – Danny Bonaduce

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My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think theres a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work. – Leslie Bibb

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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I havent arrived yet and bring me back to reality. – Candace Parker

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I shouldnt have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, Youre too young to be married. What? Im 35. Said, Youre far too young. You havent lived yet. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad. – Rod Stewart

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