"On seeing the marsupials in Australia for the first time and comparing them to placental mammals: â€œAn unbeliever . . . might exclaim 'Surely two distinct Creators must have been at work'â€"

-- Charles Darwin

#Two Quotes #Australia Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I am the bridge between the bleeding edge and the dead center. I stand between the Wizard of Oz and the man behind the curtain. I am the curtain.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.31, Head of Zeus
“We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child.”
“Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy.”
“Once I start writing, I am a huge reviser. To me writing is revising. I probably turn over every sentence that I write, to see if I have the rhythm right. That's why my first drafts take a really long time.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Entangled between a dream and a coma.”
“Iceland, I'm in love with that country, the people are incredible.”
“I've long come to the conclusion that when people say they can't put a book down, they don't mean they're interested in what's happening next; they mean they are so mesmerised by the writer's voice and the relationship that has been established that they don't want to break that. That's what I feel when I read, and I'm sure now that that's what's going on in the relationship between the reader and the writing.”

Source : "David Malouf - 'Dream Stuff'". Interview with Ramona Koval, www.abc.net.au. April 14, 2000.
“Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot.”

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