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Quotes by Australian Authors
"We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project."
"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."
"I will never leave you for I am intertwined in the fabric of you're being and my life blood's essence pulsates through your'e veins."
"I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time."
"But then, you know, I'm very happy, I've got to this stage in my life and I'm not dead. I haven't got married and divorced and done all that palimony business, you know all that mess."
"I heard the silence pouring from them. The audience held themselves quiet, tense, and tight, as if the song had burned them worse than flame.Each person held their wounded selves closely, clutching their pain as if it were a precious thing."
"Metal rusts, music lasts forever."
"When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many."
"May the four winds gather & disperse the strength to grant me with all the same blessings once bestowed upon the goddess of Olympus."
"When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind."
"Perhaps the gift you seek already resides within you awaiting the day you choose to unwrap it."
"I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was."
"I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all."
"It appears, at least from my perspective, that each and every position in Jiu Jitsu regardless of the seeming complexity is really governed by no more than a handful of minimum viable products. Pursue to understand these essentials, and you will see that complexity is a myth perpetuated by lack of understanding, and it is this understanding which is possible for each of us."
"I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it."
"What? No defense? Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!"
"You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself."
"A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought out a long, slender piece of metal, glittering all along one edge. "However a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble. Generally speaking, it's easier to appear harmless. It's less trouble all around."
"I will gladly spend the rest of my days learning your secrets."
"Some days simply lay on you like stones."
"I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real."
"I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I'm like that. If I stop reading, I die."
"In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary."
"I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart."
"Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology."
"Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party."
"I always watched the show thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to be a member?', but I never thought it would happen."
"I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection."
"You know like it has its own personality, its own character."
"Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001."
"I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style."
"It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get."
"No matter what policy initiatives we take on, we are going to need a permanent repository for nuclear fuel based on the law and sound science."
"Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?"
"I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun."
"It's quite enough to have a secret. Anything more would be greedy."
"If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though."
"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."
"The decision I've made has come from my heart. That's me, to follow my heart."
"People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct."
"I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise."
"The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit."
"I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that, and when you were taught those things by people who couldn't really do it, you can do some pretty wonderfully, imaginative horrific things to teachers."
"I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend."
"Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist."
"The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft."
"Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive."
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