"Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers."

-- Julia Gillard

#Realistic Quotes #Conviction Quotes #Given Quotes

“As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.”
“If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.”
“Parents just don't understand.”

Source : Song: Parents Just Don't Understand
“I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.”
“Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action like to say, Those who can, do, those who cant, teach, forgetting that those who teach get to write the history books.”

Source : Michael Ignatieff (2013). “Fire and Ashes”, p.171, Harvard University Press
“Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.”

Source : "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.
“All my closest friends came to me through poetry. My wife, too! Other than my family, poetry is the gravitational force of my life.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Interiors speak! Rooms emphasize whether one exists or lives, and there is a great difference between the two!”

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