Ben Roberts-Smith famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I must follow them. I am their leader.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.
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I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.
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A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.
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I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
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I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.
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