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"It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them."
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"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."
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Personal Development
"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."
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Personal Development
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
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Personal Development
"Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn."
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Personal Development
"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."
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Personal Development
"Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone."
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Personal Development
"A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion."
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Personal Development
"Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's the same old place."
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Personal Development
"To eat the boiled head of a pig sliced like salami is very strange. It may seem cutting edge, but it's actually a lot older than any of the other traditional salami."
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Personal Development
"Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where."
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"No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?"
Chaos
"I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties."
Flaws
"But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all."
Life
"Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives."
People
"Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people."
People
"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."
Change
"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational."
Life
"Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable."
Love
"Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV."
People
"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."
Children
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