Quotes of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-1999
Quotes of the week

SYDNEY, Feb 12 AAP - Quotes of the week:



"I think the national unity of this country would be enhanced, and I think this parliament
would be ennobled and enhanced, if we could find a workable way to recognise in the basic
document of our country the prior occupation of the land mass of this country by the
indigenous people." - Prime Minister John Howard on the proposal for a preamble to the
constitution.



"There are those that say a preamble does not really matter. It might not for them. It does
for us." - ATSIC chairman Gatjil Djerrkura.



"I thought the only thing missing was the guillotine in the city square." - IOC member Phil
Coles complaining about media treatment of claims that he accepted lavish Olympic hospitality
from Salt Lake City.



"He's hardly the gravy train type. He's the battler from Bondi, I can tell you." - AOC
chief John Coates defending his Olympic colleague.



"New things seem to be coming to the surface each day and each time it obviously adds to
the concern that we have." - GMH executive John Morrison, admitting Olympic sponsors are
getting the jitters over the bribery scandal.



"One Nation is a party of lies, 100 per cent." - Queensland MP Shaun Nelson, resigning from
One Nation.



"I suppose it means deep down you don't feel like you are a one-hit wonder." - Australian
actor Geoffrey Rush, nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor in Shakespeare in
Love. Rush won an Oscar for his role in Shine two years ago.



"I carry 100-kilogram backpacks of guilt for every single solitary ounce of distress or
harm I may have caused." - Philip Harold Bell, who was sentenced to a maximum 14 years jail
for a total of 75 sex offences involving young boys.



"I don't need to change too much, it's pretty much a winning formula at the moment." -
Newly appointed Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh.



"We're on a roll." - Harness racing trainer Ivan Ross after his seven-year old pacer The
Dark Horse broke through for his first win at his 85th start.



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