Hal Porter Quotes
The Australian form of self-respect, however rough-and-ready, heart-of-gold, come-and-take-pot-luck-with-us, and matily extrovert it is, essentially, genteel, ingrowing, self-pitying, vanilla-ice-cream hearted, its central fear a fear of intellect.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
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If I'm not learning from something that I'm doing, then that means I've done it before. Do something different, even if it's within the same medium.
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They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.
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Woe to the man who offends a small child!
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Age is just a number, i won't change. i'll be immature for the rest of my life.
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You must always know the past, for there is no real Was, there is only Is.
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I made a terrible mistake. I got caught up in the excitement of the moment. I would never intentionally endanger the lives of my children. I love my children. I was holding my son tight. Why would I throw a baby off the balcony? That's the dumbest, stupidest story I ever heard.
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So much beauty in the world, so few eyes to see it.
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Myth: Feeding the banking sector gobs of welfare cash will bring about a recovery. Fact: Our leaders are only dedicated to preserving power.
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The police and other law enforcements agencies are going to concentrate their efforts on organised crime, especially organised aggravated robbery
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During those formative times, I really didn't know what was going on, and I was sort of torn in a thousand different directions with how I felt about what I was doing.
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Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.
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This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time.
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I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.
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The Australian form of self-respect, however rough-and-ready, heart-of-gold, come-and-take-pot-luck-with-us, and matily extrovert it is, essentially, genteel, ingrowing, self-pitying, vanilla-ice-cream hearted, its central fear a fear of intellect.
