". . . besides love, independence of thought……" — Bryce Courtenay
". . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child."
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43 Quotes by Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay has 43 quotes on this site.
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If you don't know where you are going, then how will you get there? VISUALISE! Make pictures in your mind.…
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Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.
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It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives,…
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Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged…
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. . . God is too busy making the sun come up and go down and watching so the moon…
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People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.
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Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that…
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Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the…
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It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if…
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sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency
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First with the head, then with the heart.
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Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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