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I am just a poor boy. Though my story’s seldom told, I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles, Such are promises All lies and jest Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest.	Paul Simon	born 1941
The more you know the harder you will find it to make up your mind.	Tim Minchin	born 1975	Lyric : The Fence
You got your passion, you got your pride, But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true, When will you realise… Vienna waits for you?	Billy Joel	born 1949
Lots of little victories take on the pain.	Tim Freedman	born 1964	Lyric : Blow up the pokies – The whitlams
Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you.	Irving Berlin	1888 – 1989	Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
…you lived your life Like a candle in the wind…	Elton John	born 1947
Happy birthday to you.	Pattie S. Hill	1868 – 1946	song title : Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.	Mary Schmich	born 1962	Schmich, M. (1997). Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young. Chicago Tribune, 1st June.
We’re chained to the world and we’ve all gotta pull.	Tom Waits	born 1949	AlbumBone Machine : Dirt In The Ground
What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies, we’re all gonna be in the same place when we die.	Tom Waits	born 1949	AlbumBone Machine : Dirt In The Ground
You and I have memories. Longer than the road that stretches out ahead.	Paul McCartney	born 1942	Lyric from ‘Two Of Us’ a song by The Beatles
You must remember this, A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh; The fundamental things apply, As time goes by.	Herman Hupfeld	1894 – 1951	Lyrics- ‘As time goes by’ : Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Astrophysics you’ll never be my closest friend, I find no comfort in what my mind can’t comprehend.	Matthew Murphy	born 1984	Tokyo – The Wombats
Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, There’s a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby.	E. Y. (‘Yip’) Harburg	1896 – 1981	Lyric : Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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