"There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life"

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Source : Catherine Helen Spence (1907). “State Children in Australia: A History of Boarding Out and Its Developments”

Catherine Helen Spence

#Wisdom Quotes #Australia Quotes #States Quotes

“I write songs by sitting around in bars, so drinking songs are a little obvious. It's surprising that I don't write entirely drinking songs, since I am, in fact, drinking while writing the song. Drinking and love are the two principal sources of pleasure outside of music. There's only so many sources of pleasure, really. That's about it. Well, there are other arts as well. But none of them are as pleasurable as music, on a physical level.”
“In every department of life--in its business and in its pleasures, in its beliefs and in its theories, in its material developments and in its spiritual connections--we thank God that we are not like our fathers.”
“Wake up! No one is going to save you. No one is going to take care of your family or your retirement. No one is going to â€œmake thingsâ€ work out for you. The only way to do so is to utilize every moment of every day at 10X levels.”
“Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.”
“Now that healthcare is guaranteed, I'm frying everything I eat. Fried food and cigarettes.”
“A glorious death is his, who for his country falls.”
“A lot of the political change that could happen is going to be super boring.”
“I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.”

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