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Small: It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are
Clive James
"It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are"
Clive James, Author
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Small: Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if its in Hamburger Technology
Clive James
"Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology"
Clive James, Author
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Small: Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them
Pamela Stephenson
"Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
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Small: You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for
Craig Bruce
"You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Theres something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a b
Michael Hutchence
"There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen"
Michael Hutchence, Musician
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Small: Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely
Julia Gillard
"Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people"
Julia Gillard, Statesman
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Small: I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father
Greg Norman
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father"
Greg Norman, Athlete
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Small: Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it
Germaine Greer
"Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a sort of mystery
"I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a sort of mystery"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: Tomorrow doesnt exist, yesterday is gone. The more I remind myself of that, the stronger I feel
Liam Hemsworth
"Tomorrow doesn't exist, yesterday is gone. The more I remind myself of that, the stronger I feel"
Liam Hemsworth, Actor
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Small: You cant fatten the pig on market day
"You can't fatten the pig on market day"
John Howard, Statesman
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Small: My hatred is diamond-hard
"My hatred is diamond-hard"
Jim Goad, Author
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Small: There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography
Pamela Stephenson
"There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
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Small: Theres been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it w
Pamela Stephenson
"There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
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Small: Think Tank, noun: The shower
Craig Bruce
"Think Tank, noun: The shower"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance
Craig Bruce
"Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Programming is a four-letter word
Craig Bruce
"'Programming' is a four-letter word"
Craig Bruce
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Small: The essence of pleasure is spontaneity
Germaine Greer
"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made
"You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: And I was very interested in the priesthood
"And I was very interested in the priesthood"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque.
"In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: I think that testosterone is a rare poison
Germaine Greer
"I think that testosterone is a rare poison"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers
Germaine Greer
"Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: I hate it when people lose it, theres nothing left because theyre not interesting, theyre boring, I hate it, a
Michael Hutchence
"I hate it when people lose it, there's nothing left because they're not interesting, they're boring, I hate it, and especially smack, people on smack are the most boring in the world"
Michael Hutchence, Musician
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Small: Im pretty outdoorsy!
Liam Hemsworth
"I'm pretty outdoorsy!"
Liam Hemsworth, Actor
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Small: Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images
"Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse"
Samuel Alexander, Philosopher
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Small: It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing
"It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words"
Samuel Alexander, Philosopher
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Small: The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception
"The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception"
Samuel Alexander, Philosopher
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Small: We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in
"We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives"
Julie Bishop, Politician
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Small: Hollywood is horrible... its beyond satire
"Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire"
Yahoo Serious, Director
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Small: Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squash
"Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence"
Wilfred Burchett, Journalist
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Small: Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts
"Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts"
Yahoo Serious, Director
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Small: More often theres a compromise between ethics and expediency
"More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency"
Peter Singer, Philosopher
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Small: Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in H
"Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in Hiroshima is that the atomic heat was so great that they burned instantly to ashes - except that there were no ashes"
Wilfred Burchett, Journalist
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Small: There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine conc
"There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia"
Julie Bishop, Politician
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Small: Theyve said Im gay, theyve said everyone is gay. I personally dont believe in doing huge lawsuits about that s
Nicole Kidman
"They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That's what he wants to do, that's what he's going to do. You do not tell Tom what to do. He is a force to be reckoned with"
Nicole Kidman, Actress
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Small: LIfe has got all those twists and turns. Youve got to hold on tight and off you go
Nicole Kidman
"LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go"
Nicole Kidman, Actress
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Small: The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was
"The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that"
Peter Singer, Philosopher
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Small: Dancing with Kate Beckinsale made me very excited
"Dancing with Kate Beckinsale made me very excited"
Richard Roxburgh, Actor
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Small: Initially I probably didnt even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagi
Hugo Weaving
"Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the world in which you want to inhabit, so you put some clothes on and just kind of freely imagine this world, and it's a total imaginary world"
Hugo Weaving, Actor
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