Quotes

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“Age measures life in years, but it’s the life in those years that contributes most..”

— Charles Kovess

“Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh,
it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.”

— His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

— His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves —
to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.”

— Stewart B. Johnson

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

— J.R.R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings

“When Janine Haines was elected Leader of the Democrats in 1986, she became the first woman to lead a national political party. The Democrats have had 5 female leaders. When Janine Haines, became the first Australian Democrat to enter the Senate in 1977, she joined seven other women. At that time, of the 177 Members of the House of Representatives, there was not one female member. A higher proportion of women has consistently been elected to the Upper House compared to the Lower house, which begs the question, “Which House is more representative? It is also worth noting that in 101 years there have only been two Indigenous members of the federal parliament and both were elected to the Senate: Senators Neville Bonner and Aden Ridgeway.”

— Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (the youngest woman to enter Federal Parliament and the youngest person to lead a political party in Australia) The Centenary of Suffrage: Another century before equality? We-the-Women Bulletin N0 3

“To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past.”

— Ben Elton, Blast from the Past

“The one who is outside the door has already a good part of their journey behind them.”

— Dutch proverb

“War is not women’s history.”

— Virginia Woolf

“Within every man there is the reflection of a woman,
and within every woman there is the reflection of a man.
Within every man and woman there is also the reflection
of an old man and an old woman, a little boy and a little girl.”

— Hyemeyohsts Storm
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