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Small: I was never a leading man. Ive always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character a
"I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and theres special appeal in exploring these slight
"I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you wont get a real
"Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism"
Bob Hawke, Statesman
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Small: With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically
"With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: I have never had a social life, dont ever want one because its boring. Im just not very good with people, and
"I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: If a cow walked into this room, Id probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot
"If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself"
Stuart Appleby, Athlete
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Small: I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is al
"I was slightly disappointed, but also encouraged, because I put myself in position to win a major, which is all even Tiger says he tries to do"
Stuart Appleby, Athlete
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Small: I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself
"I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself"
Stuart Appleby, Athlete
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Small: You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarter
"You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection"
Morris West, Writer
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Small: There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it
"There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. Were in the middle
"None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: Basically, the reason Im vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we d
"Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and
"I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians"
Luke Ford, Writer
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Small: Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist not
"Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel"
Morris West, Writer
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Small: If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search
"If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth"
Morris West, Writer
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Small: Ive always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a l
"I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people"
Morris West, Writer
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Small: And Ive always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest
"And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people"
Morris West, Writer
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Small: Everything we do affects other people
"Everything we do affects other people"
Luke Ford, Writer
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Small: Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to
"Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what sort of thanks do we get for it?"
Henry Lawson, Writer
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Small: We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by
"We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us"
Henry Lawson, Writer
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Small: Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members
"Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members"
Malcolm Fraser, Politician
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Small: We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face
"We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face"
Malcolm Fraser, Politician
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Small: Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbol
"Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action"
Malcolm Fraser, Politician
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Small: I dont remember too many rounds where you get shots given to you. Usually, ones are taken away
"I don't remember too many rounds where you get shots given to you. Usually, ones are taken away"
Stuart Appleby, Athlete
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Small: I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasnt really a big part of my life. My folks were
"I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief"
Julian McMahon, Actor
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Small: Silence is best
"Silence is best"
John Hewson, Politician
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Small: I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that
"I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that"
John Hewson, Politician
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Small: Im very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence
Helen Garner
"I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence"
Helen Garner, Novelist
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Small: Sometimes you do feel a script that glows in your hand the moment you start reading it. By page four of Shakes
"Sometimes you do feel a script that glows in your hand the moment you start reading it. By page four of Shakespeare in Love, I said, 'I have to be in this movie.'"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: I wouldnt mind meeting some of the people Ive attempted to portray from the olden, olden days. They probably w
"I wouldn't mind meeting some of the people I've attempted to portray from the olden, olden days. They probably would all have really terrible skin and horrible bad breath, and I'd have to give them an Altoid"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Sh
"I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: Touring doesnt kill me and I can handle it
"Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis
"So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis"
Daniel Johns, Musician
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Small: The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own natu
Helen Garner
"The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall"
Helen Garner, Novelist
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Small: They were saying, Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrows going to die in the second movie. I went, Youre
"They were saying, 'Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrow's going to die in the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.'"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form
"I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: Creating a nation requires the will of the people!
"Creating a nation requires the will of the people!"
Edmund Barton, Politician
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Small: When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the n
"When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: Theres four biggies. There was Elizabeth I, George III, Victoria, and the current queen, who really dominated
"There's four biggies. There was Elizabeth I, George III, Victoria, and the current queen, who really dominated four eras"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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Small: My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill
"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill"
Geoffrey Rush, Actor
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