"My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that went to the heart of our way of life."

-- Gough Whitlam

#Memorable Quotes #Heart Quotes #Government Quotes

“I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order.”
“Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.”
“Only on the third class tourist class passengers' deck was it a sultry overcast morning, but then if you do things on the cheap you must expect these things.”
“I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expect everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate good. . . . If we will take the good we find, . . . we shall have heaping measures. . . .”
“The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.”
“Do you see the Field of Mars, where I walked next to my bride in her white wedding dress, with red sandals in her hands, when we were kids?â€ â€œI see it well.â€ â€œWe spent all our days afraid it was too good to be true, Tatiana,â€ said Alexander. â€œWe were always afraid all we had was a borrowed five minutes from now.â€ Her hands went on his face. â€œThatâ€™s all any of us ever has, my love,â€ she said. â€œAnd it all flies by.â€ â€œYes,â€ he said, looking at her, at the desert, covered coral and yellow with golden eye and globe mallow. â€œBut what a five minutes itâ€™s been.”
“The child and the poet know that Reality is what does not need to be realistic.”
“Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.”

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