Quentin Bryce
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For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all ... QUENTIN BRYCE I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Au... QUENTIN BRYCE Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the wo... QUENTIN BRYCE The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of... QUENTIN BRYCE It's a great privilege and an honour to have the experiences and opportunities that I do to meet... QUENTIN BRYCE The bonds that women share around the world, wherever we come from, they're very powerful and th... QUENTIN BRYCE I didn't have any Indigenous friends until I was in my 30s, and I'll always remember and be ... QUENTIN BRYCE Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue... QUENTIN BRYCE All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formati... QUENTIN BRYCE One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to t... QUENTIN BRYCE I think that young Australians ought to be taking language education much more seriously. I mean, yo... QUENTIN BRYCE We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was ... QUENTIN BRYCE I think there's a very clear recognition and understanding that the progress of women in busines... QUENTIN BRYCE I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly... QUENTIN BRYCE I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of we... QUENTIN BRYCE I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it. 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QUENTIN BLAKE I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, ... QUENTIN BLAKE I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it. QUENTIN BLAKE Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to. QUENTIN BLAKE I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainment... QUENTIN BLAKE I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but the... QUENTIN BLAKE Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don&#... QUENTIN BLAKE If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself. QUENTIN BLAKE I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance... QUENTIN BLAKE Being positive may be a character defect of mine. QUENTIN BLAKE I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for. QUENTIN BLAKE Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet. QUENTIN BLAKE With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own. QUENTIN BLAKE I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose i... QUENTIN BLAKE Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry. QUENTIN BLAKE Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly. QUENTIN BLAKE Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled ac... QUENTIN BLAKE I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphe... QUENTIN BLAKE As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature... 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QUENTIN BLAKE QUENTIN CRISP QUENTIN TARANTINO Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you a... BRYCE HARPER QUENTIN TARANTINO BRYCE COURTENAY QUENTIN TARANTINO QUENTIN CRISP QUENTIN CRISP QUENTIN TARANTINO Baseball players have such a bad rap of, like, 'We don't work out or we're not strong or... BRYCE HARPER I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field. BRYCE HARPER It's not like I'm out eating McDonald's and Del Taco every night. I eat good: my mom fix... BRYCE HARPER QUENTIN CRISP QUENTIN TARANTINO QUENTIN TARANTINO QUENTIN TARANTINO QUENTIN CRISP It's tough coming home because I wanted to play in front of my family and friends, but it's more imp... BRYCE TAYLOR I was in a considerable amount of pain (when he suffered the injury) so I didn't expect to be able t... BRYCE TAYLOR I don't think I'm in good enough shape (to play). 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My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar. 
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