Steve Waugh (Stephen Rodger Waugh) Quotes
I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and often unnoticed deeds; many times I thought how nice it would be for them to be recognised, so I hope somehow that in receiving this honour that I represent these people.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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You were born as the one you are.
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The course of Nature is the art of God.
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The morbid logician seeks to make everything lucid, and succeeds in making everything mysterious.
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The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.
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I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.
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How few people will realize how much detail had to be gone into before Bakelite was a commercial success.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.
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Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
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I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and often unnoticed deeds; many times I thought how nice it would be for them to be recognised, so I hope somehow that in receiving this honour that I represent these people.
