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“The Australian is forcefully loquacious, until the moment of expressing any emotion. He is aggressively committed to equality and equal-opportunity for all men, except for black Australians. He has high assurance in anything he does combined with a gnawing lack of confidence in anything he thinks.”
― Robin Boyd, The Australian Ugliness

“The more deference there is, the narrower the band of judgements on which organisations rely. Deference acts like the fatty deposits that build up in arteries, restricting the flow of fresh, oxygen-enriched blood across the system.”
― Robin Ryde, Never Mind the Bosses: Hastening the Death of Deference for Business Success

“He walked with just such a limp as I have seen in footsore tramps.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“The true purpose of a present is to be received.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing