"A familiar question for Australians is how much we are a product of our circumstances, and how much we are what we have made ourselves to be. In truth, by the act of migration the country was made: by that voluntary act and by the emigrants' ambitions it was built."

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Source : Address to the Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament of the Republic of Ireland, September 20, 1993.

Paul Keating

#Country Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Migration Quotes

“When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.”
“A major boom in real stock prices in the U.S. after 'Black Tuesday' brought them halfway back to 1929 levels by 1930. This was followed by a second crash, another boom from 1932 to 1937, and a third crash. Speculative bubbles do not end like a short story, novel, or play. There is no final denouement that brings all the strands of a narrative into an impressive final conclusion. In the real world, we never know when the story is over.”

Source : "Speculative bubbles don't just pop - they may deflate and reflate" by Robert J. Shiller, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2013.
“Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment.”
“The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare.”
“There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether youâ€™re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesnâ€™t pass, thatâ€™s itâ€”youâ€™re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes itâ€™s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your loversâ€™ face.”
“What motivates me is an ideal of thinking about how football should be. And to try to get near this way of playing. And to try to improve all aspects of my personality that can help me get near this ideal way of playing football.”
“The production of motion in the steam engine always occurs in circumstances which it is necessary to recognize, namely when the equilibrium of caloric is restored, or (to express this differently) when caloric passes from the body at one temperature to another body at a lower temperature.”
“I love the book. I love the feel of a book in my hands, the compactness of it, the shape, the size. I love the feel of paper. The sound it makes when I turn a page. I love the beauty of print on paper, the patterns, the shapes, the fonts. I am astonished by the versatility and practicality of The Book. It is so simple. It is so fit for its purpose. It may give me mere content, but no e-reader will ever give me that sort of added pleasure.”

Source : FaceBook post by Susan Hill from Feb 05, 2013

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