"Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude."

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Source : Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 with observations on ... New South Wales”, p.12

Charles Sturt

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“Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 14, 2016
“The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.”
“I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I'm quite happy about to be honest.”
“The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.”

Source : "Secrets of the Magus" by Mark Singer, www.newyorker.com. April 5, 1993.
“Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!”

Source : Christopher Smart (1791). “The poems, of the late Christopher Smart, ... Consisting of his prize poems, odes, sonnets, and fables, Latin and English translations; ...”, p.16
“One omen is best, to fight in defense of one's country.”
“The great blessing of private property, then, is that people can benefit from their own industry and insulate themselves from the negative effects of others' actions. It is like a set of invisible mirrors that surround individuals, households or firms, reflecting back on them the consequences of their acts. The industrious will reap the benefits of their industry; the frugal the consequences of their frugality; the improvident and the profligate likewise. They receive their due, which is to say they experience justice as a matter of routine.”
“Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.”

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