Christina Stead Quotes
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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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Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love the organisms for themselves first, then strain for general explanations, and, with good fortune, discoveries will follow. If they don't, the love and the pleasure will have been enough.
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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, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.
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If all females were not only well educated themselves but were prepared to communicate in an easy manner their stores of knowledge to others; if they not only knew how to regulate their own minds, tempers, and habits but how to effect improvements in those around them, the face of society would be speedily changed.
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I don't watch television because I have a tiny baby daughter. I'm useless.
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Expectation is the springboard of achievement.
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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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The only way to the truth is through blasphemy.
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For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not.
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Even child abuse specialists do not routinely screen for domestic violence. This shows how much more education we need to do, even among experts, to understand the known links between violence of the child and the parent.
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'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children.
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We are not a monolithic group of individuals, not every single person believes the exact same thing.
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Each Australian is a Ulysses.
