"You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people."

-- John Howard

#Leadership Quotes #Australia Quotes #People Quotes

“Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.”
“Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort.”
“Nothing is of greater importance than the right early instruction of youth.”

Source : "Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York". Book by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan and John Romeyn Brodhead, 1853.
“There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door... Two sentences and an ellipsis of three dots.”

Source : "From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown".
“As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.”
“My ambition was to embrace those general qualities that Ernest Hemingway, a former newspaperman, once said should be present in all good books: 'the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.'”
“Ah! what avails it me the flocks to keep, Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep.”
“It's pretty awesome to be in a band with your wife! The tour, it beats you down, and we can just share that, and sometimes revel in the experience. If she wasn't here, or she was just here as a civilian, she maybe would feel uncomfortable.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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