"Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors of Aborigines and by government officials and if you become part of that system, it's always difficult to break out of it."

-- Lowitja O'Donoghue

#Leadership Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Government Quotes

“I like the present and tomorrow”
“Eddie's up there. He's lyin' to somebody, he's cheatin' somebody, and he's stolen all of our hearts.”
“Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing. It's one of the most beautiful places on this planet. It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”
“Allegory dwells in a transparent palace.”

Source : "La Peinture". Poem by Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1769.
“Too much success can ruin you as surely as too much failure.”

Source : "The more sensitive you are, the more certain you are to be brutalised". Interview with Truman Capote in Kyoto, Japan, www.theguardian.com. 1957.
“Faith is a belief in things that your senses have not experienced and your mind does not understand, but you have touched them in other ways and have accepted them. It is easy for one to speak of faith; it is another thing to live it.”
“My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.”

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