"It is Australian innocence to love The naturally excessive and be proud Of a thoroughbred gelding who ran fast."

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Source : Peter Porter (1961). “Once bitten, twice bitten: poems”

Peter Porter

#Sports Quotes #Proud Quotes #Innocence Quotes

“What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.”
“Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire.”
“Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.”
“I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation.”
“Eat without the TV going on. Learn to appreciate food with only the entertainment of conversation-yours and someone else's.”
“If you were listening to the hypnotic voice of your Source, you'd be constantly hearing the drum beating that says, 'You are loved, and you are worthy, and you are valued and life is supposed to be good for you. You are worthy, you are valued, you are loved and life is supposed to be good for you.'”
“The beautiful, which is perhaps inseparable from art, is not after all tied to the subject, but to the pictorial representation. In this way and in no other does art overcome the ugly without avoiding it.”
“There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.”

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