"What every prime minister struggles with and every leader struggles with is how to balance the two objectives; firstly that of ensuring that all asylum seekers are treated generously and humanely in accordance with the convention and secondly doing everything you can to eliminate or at least discourage people smuggling. And it's a very, very difficult balance."

-- Malcolm Turnbull

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“He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into the basement by himself. He cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it. It was understood when it rained, he got the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He took lots of pictures... but he was never in them.”
“The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: 'Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.'”

Source : 1612 The First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts,'The Silver Swan'.
“Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.”

Source : "The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll", Vol VII, 2009.
“Law reforms in the US, ostensibly enacted to prohibit racism, have proven ineffective because they focus on bad intentions of individuals and fail to comprehend population-level conditions.”

Source : "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.
“There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you're successful.”
“There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.”
“Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it.”
“For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.”

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