"Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme."

-- Tony Abbott

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“As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity”

Source : Philippa Perry, The School of Life (2012). “How to Stay Sane”, p.75, Pan Macmillan
“I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.”
“Every artist I suppose has a sense of what they think has been the importance of their work. But to ask them to define it is not really a fair question. My real answer would be, the answer is on the wall.”
“Sorrow is so woven through us, so much a part of our souls, or at least any understanding of our souls that we are able to attain, that every experience is dyed with its color. This is why, even in moment of joy, part of that joy is the seams of ore that are our sorrow. They burn darkly and beautifully in the midst of joy, and they make joy the complete experience that it is. But they still burn.”

Source : "By Love We Are Led to God" by Christian Wiman, bulletin.hds.harvard.edu. 2012.
“Admite the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.”
“Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.”

Source : John Yau (1989). “Radiant Silhouette: New & Selected Work, 1974-1988”, p.81, David R. Godine Publisher
“I did want to be the top sniper.”
“The greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.”

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