"But I am a Widow’s Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed."

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Source : Jerilderie Letter, www.nma.gov.au. 1879.

Ned Kelly

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“People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I trained to be a chartered accountant, which I didn't much enjoy, and it was only slowly that the idea of becoming a creative writer gelled.”
“The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.”
“Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history.”

Source : "'Little Eichmanns' and 'Digital Brownshirts'" by Victor Davis Hanson, www.nationalreview.com. March 18, 2005.
“Life beats up on everyone from time to time. If you don't want to reach out to a trusted friend or professional, find hope, optimism and perhaps a path out of your situation in the stories of others.”
“The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.”

Source : 'From Greenland's icy mountains' (1821 hymn). Heber later altered 'Ceylon's isle' to 'Java's isle'.
“O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung.”
“Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.”
“Look deep inside, and when you locate the sadness, give it a vacation, and focus on the simple things.”

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