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"One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives."
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"Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well."

"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."

"A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud."

"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"

"With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!"

"In your winter you deny your spring."

"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."
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"I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name."

"Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me."

"So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?"

"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills."

"The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience."

"Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives."

"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational."

"On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other."
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