"But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20."

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Mel Gibson

#Dad Quotes #Australia Quotes #Vietnam Quotes

“By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up,”
“There are many points in the history of an invention which the inventor himself is apt to overlook as trifling, but in which posterity never fail to take a deep interest. The progress of the human mind is never traced with such a lively interest as through the steps by which it perfects a great invention; and there is certainly no invention respecting which this minute information will be more eagerly sought after, than in the case of the steam-engine.”
“As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to partner with others.”
“Verbs. All of them tiring.”
“The revolt against one's environment is usually 'shame' of one's environment.”
“Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX: THE CASE FOR FEMINIST REVOLUTION”
“Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth.”
“We artists can only go so far as the people can follow us. We are not alone, we are part of the system. We can take risks, but if you want to go to the peak of your consciousness, you may very well find yourself alone. Even if you know how to translate what you see, maybe only ten people will be able to understand what you tell. But, if you have faith in your vision, and retell it again and again, you will start noticing that, after a time, more people will begin to catch up with you.”

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