Oodgeroo Noonuccal famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.
What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.
The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.
I didn't think about anything past tomorrow because anything past tomorrow was just like cloud busting - it depended soley on the person looking at the clouds and it could rain any minute
The experience youâ€™ve had may be unwanted, may amount to nothing but damage and waste, but experience has substance, is factual, authoritative, lives on in your past and affects your present, whatever you attempt to do about it.

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