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The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.


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There is nowhere else I'd rather be, nothing else I would prefer to be doing. I am at the beach looking west with the continent behind me as the sun tracks down to the sea. I have my bearings.

There is nowhere else I'd rather be, nothing else I would prefer to be doing. I am at the beach looking west with the continent behind me as the sun tracks down to the sea. I have my bearings.



It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.

It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.



For every moment the sea is peace and relief, there is another when it shivers and stirs to become chaos. It's just as ready to claim as it is to offer.

For every moment the sea is peace and relief, there is another when it shivers and stirs to become chaos. It's just as ready to claim as it is to offer.



We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets you halfway there. Daring to try.

We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets you halfway there. Daring to try.



The desert is a spiritual place, we vaguely understand, and the sea the mere playground of our hedonism.

The desert is a spiritual place, we vaguely understand, and the sea the mere playground of our hedonism.



I came home at dusk with my ears ringing from the quiet.

I came home at dusk with my ears ringing from the quiet.



Overfishing is an obvious threat to our capacity to feed ourselves.

Overfishing is an obvious threat to our capacity to feed ourselves.



It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.

It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.



People do change - individuals, families, nations - and the pace of transformation need not be geological.

People do change - individuals, families, nations - and the pace of transformation need not be geological.



Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and to notice a fragility where once I saw - or assumed - an endless bounty.

Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and to notice a fragility where once I saw - or assumed - an endless bounty.





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Her rebirth stood in her mind with the clarity of a perfect diamond, the light scattering the rainbows through her body.

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One should never expect anyone to reply to one's questions.

One should never expect anyone to reply to one's questions.



We're an amazingly adaptive and resilient species. Once we put our mind to global warming, I have no doubt we'll figure a way through here that won't lead to utter calamity.

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Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.



You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.

You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.



I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.



There are laws about personal protection so it's rare to see a politician criticized. Normally, according to the law, there's a judicial problem with calling people by their real names.

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