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Small: Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, youre just drawing like a farmer
"Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why"
Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist
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Small: I can always see what Ive done wrong. Im always learning. Im the perennial student
"I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student"
Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist
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Small: My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and thats why I was scared of the
"My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one"
Shane Warne, Athlete
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Small: I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War
"I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War"
Robyn Davidson, Writer
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Small: Whether youve done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so its just a matter of not rea
Holly Valance
"Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying into it, and hopefully the people that do read it realise that it's just fictional stories for entertainment"
Holly Valance, Musician
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Small: Each persons life is a story that is telling itself in the living
"Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living"
William Throsby Bridges, Soldier
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Small: I enjoy being Jewish, but Im an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists,
"I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world"
Warren Mitchell, Actor
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Small: There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and
"There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and we never really even locked eyes. They weren't acknowledged officially either"
Phillip Noyce, Director
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Small: I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence
"I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence"
Phillip Noyce, Director
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Small: After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there
"After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude"
Phillip Noyce, Director
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Small: You can think best when youre happiest
"You can think best when you're happiest"
Peter Thomson, Athlete
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Small: Use your brain, not your endurance
"Use your brain, not your endurance"
Peter Thomson, Athlete
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Small: The government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business
"The government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business"
Pauline Hanson, Politician
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Small: So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They dont mess
"So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring"
Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist
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Small: I like my whisky old and my women young
"I like my whisky old and my women young"
Errol Flynn, Actor
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Small: Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and theyre both very good units
"Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units"
Matthew Hayden, Athlete
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Small: Youve got to have dreams to keep you going
"You've got to have dreams to keep you going"
Steve Waugh, Athlete
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Small: I was a pretty feisty young kid
"I was a pretty feisty young kid"
John Newcombe, Athlete
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Small: I chose to stay with tennis and they didnt understand that at the school
"I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school"
John Newcombe, Athlete
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Small: There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage
"There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage"
Colleen McCullough, Author
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Small: All I know is that Ive ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings,
"All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore"
Isla Fisher, Actress
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Small: There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment
"There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well"
Peter Garrett, Musician
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Small: The place where the system and peoples intentions meet is the political arena
"The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena"
Peter Garrett, Musician
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Small: Our career path has tended to be the most perverse and contrary approach to the entertainment industry imagina
"Our career path has tended to be the most perverse and contrary approach to the entertainment industry imaginable, while at the same time doing the kinds of things that you have to do, the videos, the photos and all that sort of stuff"
Peter Garrett, Musician
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Small: I dont blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues
"I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues"
Peter Garrett, Musician
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Small: I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncles, on the dining table
"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table"
Patrick White, Author
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Small: As far as performance, the roar of the crowd, the smell of the greasepaint no I dont feel that
"As far as performance, the roar of the crowd, the smell of the greasepaint no I don't feel that"
Peter Garrett, Musician
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Small: In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at Kings, especially the discovery of French and German literature
"In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature"
Patrick White, Author
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Small: I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness
"I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels"
Patrick White, Author
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Small: I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens
"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens"
Colleen McCullough, Author
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Small: We played well in Kenya. We didnt lose a game and we bowled Pakistan out for 100 twice. We dont need to change
"We played well in Kenya. We didn't lose a game and we bowled Pakistan out for 100 twice. We don't need to change much from that for this tournament"
Shane Warne, Athlete
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Small: I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can
"I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can"
Shane Warne, Athlete
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Small: Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you wi
"Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn"
Tim Cahill, Athlete
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Small: So I was in America and I thought Ill stick around while Im here and just see what happens. The next film I di
"So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy"
Radha Mitchell, Actress
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Small: Id definitely rather be rich than famous
"I'd definitely rather be rich than famous"
Radha Mitchell, Actress
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Small: I just dont talk about who Im going out with, thats it. Its an odd thing to sit around describing yourself to
"I just don't talk about who I'm going out with, that's it. It's an odd thing to sit around describing yourself to 10 different people every 5 minutes yet it's kind of therapeutic in a way"
Radha Mitchell, Actress
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Small: I do Yoga. Id like to say I do it every morning, but I dont, I just dont have the time
"I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time"
Radha Mitchell, Actress
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Small: Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department
"Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department"
Toni Collette, Actress
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Small: New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allens stor
"New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories"
Radha Mitchell, Actress
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Small: I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time.
"I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different"
Radha Mitchell, Actress
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