"So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school."

-- Thomas Keneally

#Sports Quotes #School Quotes #Australia Quotes

“Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.”
“I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.”
“We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.”
“Unfortunately, simplistic framing of problems leads to simplistic answers.”
“Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control â€” in prison or jail, on probation or parole â€” than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. There are millions of African-Americans now cycling in and out of prisons and jails or under correctional control. In major American cities today, more than half of working-age African-American men are either under correctional control or branded felons and are thus subject to legalized discrimination for the rest of their lives.”

Source : "Legal Scholar: Jim Crow Still Exists In America". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. January 16, 2012.
“I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.”
“As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way to get to it.”
“There’s a bunch of different crunches that affect the abs … my favorite is Nestle.”

You may also like:

Christos Tsiolkas
Author
David Malouf
Writer
Emilie Schindler
Oskar Schindler
Industrialist
Patrick White
Writer
Peter Carey
Novelist
Richard Flanagan
Novelist
Steven Spielberg
Film director
Steven Zaillian
Screenwriter