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All Quotes Collection
"What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?"
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"The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing."
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"When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?"
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"The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story."
38
"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face."
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"Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."
32
"A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender."
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"It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago."
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"Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt."
59
"Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future."
39
"At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly."
47
"Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been."
45
"A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day."
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"Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla."
51
"It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him."
36
"Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances."
45
"When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite."
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"We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives."
46
"We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity."
60
"We are already seeing older people wanting greater choice in how, when and where they receive care."
40
"Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world."
38
"The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation."
40
"Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time."
42
"Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services."
61
"Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character."
41
"It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios."
Fact,
50
"Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia."
56
"Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world."
49
"Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system."
39
"Australia is already a world leader in dementia research, treatment and care."
52
"Australia has an increasingly multicultural society."
43
"And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet."
53
"Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions."
233
"I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life."
36
"I firmly believe that the best way to stimulate our economy and create jobs is to let hard-working Americans keep more of their money - after all, the money belongs to them, not to Washington."
43
"The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game."
34
"Space exploration and experimentation are critically valuable to our nation. I know of no better way to honor those seven who sacrificed their lives than to recommit ourselves to defend and enhance America's important strategies in space."
41
"Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back."
42
"We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation."
42
"We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care."
45
"Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either."
46
"This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage."
40
"There are always, of course, job losses of a cyclical nature in a recession."
52
"The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers."
43
"The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it."
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