"In the three minutes it takes the song to play I'm caught in a magic world of harmony and joy, a truly ecstatic joy, where the aching longing to be somewhere else, out of this city, out of this country, out of this body and out of this life, is kept at bay."

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Source : Christos Tsiolkas (1995). “Loaded”, Random House Australia

Christos Tsiolkas

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“Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.”
“There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems, Steeply the thickets to his floods decline.”

Source : Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”
“We speak of facts, yet facts exist only partially to us if they are not repeated and re-created through emotions, thoughts and feelings. To me it seemed as if we had not really existed, or only half existed, because we could not imaginatively realize ourselves and communicate to the world, because we had used works of imagination to serve as handmaidens to some political ploy.”
“We should be worried about online silos. They make us stupid and hostile toward each other.”
“My job description is to enlighten minds, open hearts and create world peace.”

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“As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.”
“I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians. Iâ€™ll work with Martians. If â€” and the if is critical â€” they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt.”
“Usually I think if there is something imperfect in a photograph it makes the picture more real. Photographs that are slick, smooth, and imperfect seem less honest to me.”

Source : John Loengard (1987). “Pictures under discussion”, Amphoto Books

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