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Thomas Keneally

"Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south."

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"Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south."

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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

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Donna Grant

"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

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Donna Grant

"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

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Donna Grant

"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

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Donna Grant

"People on corporate conveyor belts, like animals in slaughter-chutes are all part of the same big massacre of joy."

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Donna Grant

"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."

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Donna Grant

"If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just."

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Donna Grant

"Keep your finger on the pulse of society, take controversies with a grain of salt, lick your finger and then lift it to the wind; always know what is going on, my friend, so this world can never steer you wrong again."

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"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"

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"In every city you go, you will come across men of different kinds and you are the one to choose where your to belong."

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Thomas Keneally
"You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing."

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Thomas Keneally
"So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school."

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Thomas Keneally
"Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south."

Society

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Thomas Keneally
"And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind."

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Thomas Keneally
"And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s."

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Thomas Keneally
"In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back."

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Thomas Keneally
"So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy."

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Thomas Keneally
"I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers."

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Thomas Keneally
"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."

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Thomas Keneally
"And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know."

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