"I knew that the world around you is only uninteresting if you can't see what is really going on. The place you come from is always the most exotic place you'll ever encounter because it is the only place where you recognise how many secrets and mysteries there are in people's lives"

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Source : FaceBook post by David Malouf from Oct 30, 2011

David Malouf

#People Quotes #Secret Quotes #Encounters Quotes

“A novelist is someone who sits around the house all day in his underwear, trying not to smoke.”
“If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating money versus a popular vote, I think we have a bigger problem in this country and somebody's gotta wake up to that.”
“Let the others come after us, we welcome the chase”
“Anytime you see a constrained market, where consumption is limited to those who have special skills or are wealthy, that signals an opportunity for innovation.”

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“Where shall we begin? There is no beginning. Start where you arrive. Stop before what entices you. And work! You will enter little by little into the entirety. Method will be born in proportion to your interest.”
“I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport.”
“The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.”
“I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.”

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