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Quotes by Australian Authors
"A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia."
"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence."
"I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both."
"In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn."
"Right time, right place, right moment."
"That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way."
"Even post true death memories carried on the waves of universal energy will defy the faux perception of finality."
"Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things."
"Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue."
"I'd say without a doubt I've had the most sex scenes in any television show, ever. Last season I did eight sex scenes in one day - I haven't topped that yet."
"We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do."
"We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids."
"I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it."
"So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually producing a replica of a flying insect, you'll catch fresh air."
"I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive."
"I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day."
"Beyond the mask she is witness to his glorious soul. Exposed to the elements, she warms her skin in his light and essence of being."
"I love the way you make me feel. I was incomplete without you."
"I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone."
"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."
"The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more."
"I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown."
"I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are."
"...one of the best ways to take the pain out of past experiences is to replace the hurt with gratitude."
"As to the effect of the wave on the air, we will suppose the water to be quite flat and the air motionless, a heavy undulation comes on the scene, it has to pass, so it pushes the air up with its face, letting it fall again as its back glides onwards."
"Instead of dwelling on that pain within, reach out to someone else's pain."
"Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?"
"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."
"Jiu Jitsu uses us to express itself, and the best thing we can do to is to become a vehicle capable of expressing Jiu Jitsu with all of its perfection minus our imperfections."
"In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents."
"I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant."
"Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me."
"The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly."
"It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from."
"My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere."
"There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on."
"Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic."
"Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world."
"I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that."
"The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can."
"The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could."
"The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive."
"I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line."
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