"I have always had, as I know many……" — Peter Garrett
"I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea."
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38 Quotes by Peter Garrett
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Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.
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Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.
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Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world.
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It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted…
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Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so…
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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