"In the early 1930s, flying from England to……" — Mary Garden
"In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young."
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15 Quotes by Mary Garden
Mary Garden has 15 quotes on this site.
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A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else…
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I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could…
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Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their…
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It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their…
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Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for…
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I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly.
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I decided to write about the myths of divorce.
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My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.
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For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block.
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If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't…
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In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in…
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My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of…
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More Australia Quotes
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one of 611 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within…
— David Attenborough
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I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a…
— Eric Bana
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I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon…
— Eric Bana
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I…
— Cate Blanchett
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There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.
— Cate Blanchett
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding…
— Richard Branson
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There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One…
— Nicolas Cage
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It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.
— Nick Cave
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I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a…
— Nick Cave
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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection,…
— Sam Abell
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