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Comfort zones are overrated. They make you lazy.

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
Overrated
Lazy
Zone
Comfort
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Zones

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Teresa, Teresa. Have we taught you nothing? Raffy says in an irritated voice. It's war. You go in and you hunt him down until he realises that he's made a mistake.
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Best way to find the weakness of the enemy is to understand their ways.
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In a kinder world, he whispered, one I promise you I've seen, men and women flirt and dance and love with only the fear of what it would mean without the other in their lives.
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A clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.
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We approach the house and I wave at Jimmy. And if he thinks he's eating with us, he's got another thing coming, my dad says. Jimmy approaches us and takes the shopping bags from me, looking inside them. Lamb roast. Am I invited?
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He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.
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When he wins the bet, I tell Griggs that it will take me a lifetime to save up two trillion dollars and he tells me that he's only giving me seventy years.
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This is war, he say quietly. Well thank God you're dressed for it, Griggs.
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I don't care what my friends think. You care what they'l do when they remember that you're the one with personality.
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It's not that I like you least [...] it's that I feared you most. The reginita taught me to like you. There was a strange joy to her that lifted my spirits. But you, Quintana of Charyn, you made me love you.
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he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams.
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Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.
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The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat tat drenches his hair and face seems to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. Hes aiming for oblivion.
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No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke
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We just have to learn to meet each other halfway okay?
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We're so different. You're an intellectual. I'm an idiot. Don't say that, I yelled. You're not an idiot, you stupid idiot.
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Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.
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How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.
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I wasn't there that day to get on the three forty-seven to Yass, he says. I was there to throw myself in front of it.
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