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It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them.


Hugh Mackay

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SOTERO M LOPEZ II Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an...
CAMILLE SWEENEY Let's don't do it again and again, posting the same, saying the same and the same. It's pointless!
DEYTH BANGER Do the thing and you will have the power.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON You definitely have to think of the perception of things before you actually do certain things. It m...
EZEKIEL ELLIOTT dont wait for next minute, next hour, next day, next week, next year, just do it if you want to do i...
ANON QUOTER Do it and they will follow
CHARMAINE J. FORDE Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything...
JOHN LENNON It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your be...
ADAM BRODY It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that the...
ZELJKO IVANEK If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.
Either you just let the grudge go, or mak...
TOBA BETA I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important th...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in any...
MALLORY JANSEN Stars are like thoroughbreds. Yes, it's a little more dangerous with them. They are more tempera...
SYDNEY POLLACK There's doubt in trying.
Just do it or stop thinking.
TOBA BETA Everyday people all over the world take advantage of life, they abuse it and dice with it.Life is so...
GARY F EVANS... Just do it... that's all... no matter what, when and where... but just do it.
DEYTH BANGER Don't think it. Do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS You cannot control what other people do, only how you react to it.
JEFFREY FRY I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives ...
HALEY BENNETT I really don't feel the need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because, at the end of the ...
ALEX LIFESON It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or eq...
VIGGO MORTENSEN Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, t...
AUNG SAN SUU KYI Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON I won't do advertising if they bring a layout and say, 'This is what we want to do,' bec...
DAVID BAILEY I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead.
ERIN HUNTER I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever th...
ZACHARY LEVI I think that women are powerful and they're multifaceted and they're survivors; they don'...
RASHIDA JONES When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them s...
HARRY BROWNE I see potential in everything. It's about opening your mind to what you can do to the garment: b...
ABBEY LEE KERSHAW It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challe...
NEIL ARMSTRONG It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of anoth...
LAO TZU Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA It was great to do and it's exciting to do those things. That's another thing, that one enjo...
ALBERT FINNEY I do think it's perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It's just...
DYLAN MORAN I do know it's great to have a support from a fan base of a team. Football is such a team game, ...
ANDREW LUCK They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.
BRADLEY WIGGINS We all think of doing something distinctive in life. We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It's beyond my control who's going to cast me or how you're going to pigeonholed, so for...
BRADLEY COOPER It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it.
V. E. SCHWAB Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER Sometimes you may even have a stunt double do certain things for you, but when it's close-up and...
SVETLANA KHODCHENKOVA I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society...
ANDREW ELDRITCH I just have work to do; I just do it.
IAN MACKAYE ...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.
ISAAC MARION Just do it ! Just don't waste your time learning how to do it !
EPHDAN So, whatever you want to do, just do it....Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
GLORIA STEINEM Just because it's a trend should we do it?
BERT MCCOY If you can dream it, you can do it.
ENZO FERRARI You decide you're going to do horror, then gosh darn it, do horror. Do what's expected. Don&...
ROBERTA WILLIAMS Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll ...
HUGH GRANT Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel...
STEVE JOBS Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's...
HENRY KRAVIS It's very expensive to be me. It's terrible the things I have to do to be me.
ANNA NICOLE SMITH I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still fu...
CONSTANCE WU Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it's beautiful, it's tough, it's bu...
GREG BEAR It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what...
DONALD TRUMP If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my p...
ANTHONY HOPKINS No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may see...
DEMI LOVATO Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
YITZHAK NAVON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really hav...
JON FAVREAU It's kinda hard to date as an artist because you're all over the place, and your significant...
JUSTINE SKYE It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just...
MOBY It's nice to go and be a guest on a television sitcom. It pays well; it's easy because gener...
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever...
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some...
CAM In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago...
JESS ROW People are unhappy when they are on diets, because it's 'don't do this, don't do tha...
MIREILLE GUILIANO It's nice to get to know people who are the same age as you that do the same things because it&#...
BECKY G I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
WARIS AHLUWALIA It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.
PETER O'TOOLE I'm inclined to think that, because it's such an awful life, that politicians do go into it ...
RICHARD EYRE It's great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won't; it's up to th...
PHIL MCGRAW The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 1...
ELON MUSK Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS A. EDISON To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabl...
CHRISTINE LAGARDE I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World', because I believe it&...
ETTA JAMES 'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to...
HANNAH MURRAY You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson...
DEYTH BANGER It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to ...
HENRY ROLLINS It's funny how I use social media because I don't use it to promote my restaurants that much...
TOM COLICCHIO It's kind of good to do things while you're young.
QUVENZHANE WALLIS Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading;...
GRAYDON CARTER A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it...
SIMON SINEK People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Be...
RICK BARRY 'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find ...
AVAN JOGIA I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows t...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS It's easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares ab...
EVEL KNIEVEL In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't...
CRAIG GROESCHEL Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It ...
RIHANNA It's nice to have boundaries, because as long as we have them, we can cross them a bit, and that...
PAMELA ANDERSON What you do will project you
SOTONYE ANGA Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.
HEATH LEDGER

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Alas, my friend, the boast is poor.
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ELIZABETH MACKAY Technology has kind of stalled out here, we've got some potholes developing in that former leadershi...
ELIZABETH MACKAY I think if they were to make such a move, this would be a logical week,
ELIZABETH MACKAY I would say start with some of the core holdings in technology. I think the technology stocks that w...
ELIZABETH MACKAY When all is said and done, the fact of the matter is we will have double-digit earnings growth for t...
ELIZABETH MACKAY The Fed itself seems content to wait at least until after the elections if the not to the end of the...
ELIZABETH MACKAY Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern ...
HARVEY MACKAY Technology tends to be regarded as less defensive, so if investors become more nervous, they would t...
ELIZABETH MACKAY It's hard to say when emotional selling exhausts itself.
ELIZABETH MACKAY Overall, there's no question we took a hit across the board to some degree. But we've discovered a r...
DAVID MACKAY They appear to be consistently crossing the line step by step and becoming less and less communicati...
PETER MACKAY Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how...
HARVEY MACKAY Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn&#...
HARVEY MACKAY He's been doing that the whole year. He's that dominant. He has an earned-run-average under one and ...
GUY MACKAY The thing he really brings to the team is his competitiveness.
GUY MACKAY I think we have guys that will be able to come through, it is just getting the game experience. It i...
GUY MACKAY There is no room in our party for such outrageous racism. We are a party of inclusion and the only p...
FRANK MACKAY It doesn't have any basis. It's like me saying they're Martians; it's silly.
FRANK MACKAY It doesn't hurt any public official to remain close to a county executive who has a 72 percent appro...
FRANK MACKAY