"The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the land and the heritage of its indigenous peoples and provides justice and equity for all. I think reconciliation is about changing the structures that govern us and trying to influence opinion leaders in whatever way we can."

-- Jackie Huggins

#Thinking Quotes #Land Quotes #Essence Quotes

“Every Strike is one step closer to a Home Run”
“I try to think professionally that my body is my job and just get up and do my modeling work, you always feel better after it.”
“The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of Government. But what is Government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?”
“The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.”
“The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear to them.”
“...the bewildering beauty of Paris...”
“I refuse to turn to theology to justify the life or redeem it. There is a question always of the connection to the eternal. I say to myself above all, keep alive your conviction that there are sacred elements in the life in the practice of the life that must be respected. But the conviction in the existence of the sacred does not necessarily imply that you need to believe in a creator, because we are the ones that made the sacred.”
“But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.”

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