"The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike out in a new direction, in a new way, armed with our own self-regard, our own confidence and fully appreciating our own uniqueness. All other roads will lead us into the shadow of great powers."

-- Paul Keating

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“Does anybody find it creepy how many Grant robots have been on the show? Is it just me or he like trying to clone himself and make a little army?”
“Playing for England was one long roller-coaster: some ups and downs, but also quite a few moments when you're not really sure if you're enjoying the ride.”
“Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.”
“We can love with our minds, but can we love only with our minds? Love extends itself all the time, so that we can love even with our senseless nails: we love even with our clothes, so that a sleeve can feel a sleeve.”
“I have died too many deaths that were not mine.”
“I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books. Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like weve both got red hair, we both like sweets, weve both got lots of brothers and sisters. Ive got one brother and three sisters, and both scared of spiders.”

Source : "Two 'Potter' stars talk about the film". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2001.
“School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign finance, even simple human happiness - all are demonstrably affected by how (and whether) we connect with our family and friends and neighbours and co-workers.”
“When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.”

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