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Australia2 quotes
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains. — Dorothea Mackellar · 1908And the sun sank again on the grand Australian bush-the nurse and tutor of eccentric minds, the home of the weird, and of much that is different from things in other lands. — Henry Lawson · 1892Failure2 quotes
The mystery of life is not solved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming. — Patrick White · 1957I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave · 1983War2 quotes
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow"...[Rule 2] is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China." — Bernard Montgomery · 1962Here we will stand and fight; there will be no further withdrawal. I have ordered that all plans and instructions dealing with further withdrawal are to be burnt, and at once. We will stand and fight here. If we can't stay here alive, then let us stay here dead. — Bernard Montgomery · 1942Adversity1 quote
The mystery of life is not solved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming. — Patrick White · 1957Back against the wall1 quote
Here we will stand and fight; there will be no further withdrawal. I have ordered that all plans and instructions dealing with further withdrawal are to be burnt, and at once. We will stand and fight here. If we can't stay here alive, then let us stay here dead. — Bernard Montgomery · 1942Best man1 quote
The trouble
with being best man is, you don't get a chance
to prove it. — Les A. Murray · 1989Human rights1 quote
Killing them, therefore, cannot be equated with killing normal human beings, or any other self-conscious beings...No infant-disabled or not-has as strong a claim to life as beings capable of seeing themselves as distinct entities, existing over time. — Peter Singer · 1979Military strategy1 quote
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow"...[Rule 2] is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China." — Bernard Montgomery · 1962Never surrender1 quote
Here we will stand and fight; there will be no further withdrawal. I have ordered that all plans and instructions dealing with further withdrawal are to be burnt, and at once. We will stand and fight here. If we can't stay here alive, then let us stay here dead. — Bernard Montgomery · 1942Politics1 quote
Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. — Germaine Greer · 1970Revolution1 quote
Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. — Germaine Greer · 1970Success1 quote
I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave · 1983Surrender1 quote
Here we will stand and fight; there will be no further withdrawal. I have ordered that all plans and instructions dealing with further withdrawal are to be burnt, and at once. We will stand and fight here. If we can't stay here alive, then let us stay here dead. — Bernard Montgomery · 1942Weddings1 quote
The trouble
with being best man is, you don't get a chance
to prove it. — Les A. Murray · 1989Women1 quote
If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman. — Helen Reddy · 1971