Bill Mollison Quotes
The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.
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These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
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My children and my husband make me smile. My work makes me smile.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
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The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
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Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
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You take responsibility for us all. Without ever waiting to be told.So do all good people. That's what it means to be a good person.
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Along with this element of universal tolerance, I should couple our Republican system of Government, which gives to every man a share and a responsibility in the direction of public affairs. And third, I should place our system of universal free education.
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Let me stress most emphatically that we who were rescuing children are not some kind of heroes. Indeed, that term irritates me greatly. The opposite is true. I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.
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I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful.
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You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.
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I didn't want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us - I was the middle child - and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to Saturday night.
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All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.
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Holdouts never go well. Just look at history. It always ends badly. It wouldn't be the best decision. I make a lot of money. I pull up to camp in Rolls-Royces.
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You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is who I am. The choice is how good you are going to be at it and how hard you are going to work.
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I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.
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People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
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In my individual heart I fully believe my faith is as robust as yours. The trouble with your robust and full bodied faiths, however, is, that they begin to cut each others throats too soon, and for getting on in the world and establishing a modus vivendi these pestilential refinements and reasonablenesses and moderations have to creep in.
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The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.
