"Its, the gum tree, main appeal to me has been its combination of mightiness and delicacy - mighty in its strength of limb and delicate in the colouring of its covering. Then it has distinctive qualities; in fact I know of no other tree which is more decorative, both as regards the flow of its limbs and the patterns the bark makes on its main trunk. In all its stages the gum tree is extremely beautiful."

-- Hans Heysen

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“I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.”
“In our society, it's been the men who've handled most of the finances, and the women who've stood by and watched men botch things up.”
“The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.”
“The trouble with quick and dirty is that dirty remains long after quick has been forgotten.”
“I think women secretly yearn for the return of John Wayne and don't even know it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures,”
“In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall.”
“Short or long to Goblin City? The straight way's short But the long way's pretty...”

Source : Terry Jones (2013). “The Fantastic World of Terry Jones: Fairy Tales: His Great Tales and Unbelievable Adventures”, p.51, Pavilion Books

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