"Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know?"

-- Paul Keating

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“When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.”
“Everybody's got skeletons in the closets. Every once in a while, you've got to open up the closet and the let the skeletons breathe. Half the time, the very thing you think is gonna destroy you or ruin you is the very thing that nobody cares about. My advice to people with skeletons is to dust them off every now and then-- as long as your closet's aint full of them. It's not good to have more than two or three.”
“But find something that you absolutely love doing. And then get to love the way you do it. That's the uniqueness of all of us. That's it.”
“Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.”
“The habit of being uniformly considerate towards others will bring increased happiness to you.”
“Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.”
“Resolve says, 'I will.' The man says, 'I will climb this mountain. They told me it is too high, too far, too steep, too rocky, and too difficult. But it's my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or dead on the side from trying.'”
“Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's.”

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