I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good. – Virgil Thomson

Try a thing you havent done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. – Virgil Thomson
I dont care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. – Virgil Thomson
But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nations future – climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability. – Kevin Rudd
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