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Hugh Mackay

"It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them."

Hugh Mackay, Australian Psychologist
May,
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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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"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

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"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."

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"You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke."

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"Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed."

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"It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow."

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"I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me."

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"I don't rhyme right now, but I may ten years from now."

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"Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet."

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"It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border."

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