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Quote by John Monash

“The best hope for Australia is the ballot box and good education.”

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John Monash was an outstanding civil engineer known for his contributions to infrastructure development in Australia and as a military commander. Born on June 27, 1865, he passed away on October 8, 1931. more

“I immediately cotton on to the fact that intelligence thus lightly used, and one-upmanshipishly displayed, is a birthmark giving me a two-coloured face, is a goitre, a hump on the back, webbed toes, and makes me stink like the night-man. Once again I learn what I knew on my very first day at Kensington School, and have carelessly forgotten, that it is more intelligent to appear less intelligent. I henceforth rein myself in, and publicly give back only what I have been given - fifty-six for seven- eights.”

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Author:Hal Porter

“I played to win. When I was a child, my brothers and I played cowboys and Indians in the park, and I was always an Indian who got captured. That was a learning experience; they were showing me that as a woman I was going to be captured. But in a metaphorical sense, I think I did eventually become a cowboy.”

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Author:Ita Buttrose

“I have always believed and promoted the fact that education and access to the knowledge society involves lifelong learning.”

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Author:Ken Wyatt

“Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.”

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Author:Marina Abramovic

“Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.”

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Author:Maya Angelou

“I don't want to write a novel per year. I know that I need a break of one or two years. So maybe I invent some new, urgent activity so I don't fall into the trap of starting a new novel.”

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Author:Umberto Eco

“My father's saying, The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

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Author:Fiona Wood

“My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will.”

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Author:Fiona Wood

“Graduation day was a milestone in the most important journey of all - to the centre of oneself.”

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Author:Quentin Bryce

“Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the world a better place.”

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Author:Quentin Bryce

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