Tim Costello quotes
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“I have always felt that the great lottery of life is unfair. The fact is that I was thrown up on the stage of life called Australia. You don't choose where you are thrown on to this stage. So universal health, universal education, of course plenty of food and clean water.”
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“I think now we have a very unique opportunity, thanks to the election result, thanks to such a big vote for the Greens, to say you know what, we have to face it. Otherwise this generation will be robbing the next generation of their future, and that's immoral and unethical.”
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“Ultimately we have got to co-operate for our common destiny.”
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“We've confused the cost of lifestyle with the cost of living. We've lost our perspective.”
-- Tim Costello -
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
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“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”
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“Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.”
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“Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.”
Source : "Andrew Forrest, chief executive of Fortescue Metals". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. August 15, 2010.
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Source : A J Jacobs (2012). “The Year of Living Biblically”, p.165, Random House
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