"If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life."

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Source : "Abiding Interests". Book by Gough Whitlam (Foreword), 1997.

Gough Whitlam

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“She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.”
“An actor always wants to sink his teeth into something.”

Source : "Aden Young discusses SundanceTV's 'Rectify'". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. April 1, 2014.
“Your gift to God is honesty. God's gift to you is truth.”
“Weigh down your curtains with a proper 5-inch hem. It makes them much more proportioned and professional-looking.”
“Iâ€™ve grown a lot, and Iâ€™m learning every week.”
“Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.”
“Puja (worship) is offering to God, prathana (prayer) is demanding from God. When we pray by offering all our karma and even ourselves to God, the prayer fruitifies.”
“Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.”

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