"The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change."

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Source : Malcolm Fraser, Denis M. White, David Alistair Kemp (1986). “Malcolm Fraser on Australia”

Malcolm Fraser

#Leadership Quotes #Past Quotes #Tasks Quotes

“It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.”
“Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.”
“When in doubt, freak 'em out.”

Source : "'Rupaul's Drag Race': Meet The Queens - Sharon Needles". Interview with Christine Fitzgerald, www.socialitelife.com. April 16, 2012.
“You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.”
“Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is when you want to take somebody else's.”
“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
“Experimental investigation, to borrow a phrase employed by Kepler respecting the testing of hypotheses, is "a very great thief of time." Sometimes it costs many days to determine a fact that can be stated in a line.”

Source : John William Draper (1973). “Scientific memoirs, being experimental contributions to a knowledge of radiant energy”, Ayer Co Pub
“Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.”

Source : "Number 789: Animal House". "Questionable Content" Comic Strip, questionablecontent.net.

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