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"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills."
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"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."

"Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it."

"If opportunity doesn't come knocking at your door, build a brand."

"Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together."

"Fortunate are those who take the first steps."

"There will never be another day such as this one, with all the variables of life combining in such a way to form this opportunity. So don't let it go, grab it."

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness."

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

"Infinite potential exists for what actions can be taken."

"Good fortune often occurs when you stop expecting life to present opportunities to you and you start presenting opportunities to life."
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"I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties."

"Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries."

"I wish we didn't have to own up to a policy deliberately designed to inflict suffering on people who have already been traumatised in the countries from which they've fled."

"A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn?"

"Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account."

"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."

"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."

"Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV."

"Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable."

"The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?"
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