#ld

There aren't any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So you're just kind of brought up to feel-in any field, if you say you can do it, do it. There it is. ↗

— Guy Clark

#any #applies #as far as #brought #especially

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it. ↗

— Helen Clark

#countries #earth #focus #issue #need

I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom. ↗

— Helen Clark

#become #century #i #i think #inevitable

I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is that New Zealand is building an up market dynamic into a connected economy. And that we are not the old-fashioned, ship mutton kind of product the people associate their export in work. ↗

— Helen Clark

#been #building #china #connected #dynamic

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#charity #difficult #fool #man #matter

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! ↗

— Henry Fielding

#dishonest #ever #face #false #good

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#correctness #educational #happiness #procedure #test

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#child #confound #does #educator #evil

There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature. ↗

— Helen Clark

#also #building #carefully #chemical #fewer

Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case. ↗

— Helen Clark

#case #crank #end #in the end #itself