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The Internet is amazing.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Amazing
Internet
I am greatly impressed with the BBC's TV adaption of Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House.' The costumes, the sets, the acting and the screenplay are all superb. Every episode is riveting.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Every
Sets
TV
Charles
Charles Dickens
Superb
Costumes
Bleak
House
Am
Impressed
Dickens
Greatly
Screenplay
Episode
Acting
If you're looking for a book that's not been influenced by 21st century popular culture and that's guaranteed to be a good read because it's stood the test of time, you can't go wrong with the classics.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Time
Good
You
Culture
Book
Looking
Classics
Wrong
Read
Because
Test
Go
Been
Stood
Influenced
Century
Popular
Popular Culture
Guaranteed
I've heard that many fine artists have to turn their 'finished' paintings to face the wall - otherwise, every time they walk past, they are tempted to pick up a brush and make small adjustments here and there.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Time
Walk
Face
Finished
Past
Every
Every Time
Otherwise
Adjustment
Fine
Tempted
Small
Brush
Pick
Make
Heard
Up
Wall
Artists
Turn
Many
Paintings
Here
I suspect that writers and other creators are never really finished with any work.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Work
Finished
Other
Writers
Never
Suspect
Any
Really
Creators
I grew up reading - and loving - stories by Andre Norton. I admired and idolised her from afar. Her stories helped shape my own internal world.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
World
Reading
Own
Andre
Admired
My Own
Shape
Afar
Up
Norton
Grew
Stories
Loving
Internal
Helped
Her
I support the rights of non-humans wholeheartedly with my voice, my money, my presence, my writing and any other way I can.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Rights
Writing
Money
Other
Way
Voice
Support
Any
Any Other Way
Wholeheartedly
Presence
These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information.
Charles Sturt
Journey
Writing
Three
Matters
Our
Temporary
Having
River
Had
Days
Employed
Arranged
Been
Governor
Account
Information
Busily
Near
Four
Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude.
Charles Sturt
Mind
Face
Every
Other
Properly
Magnitude
Idea
Globe
Island
Continent
Australia
Than
Just
Order
Convey
Much
Speaking
Larger
In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced.
Charles Sturt
Colony
Advanced
New
Period
South
Wales
New South Wales
Far
The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool.
Charles Sturt
Soil
Suited
Our
Fine
More
Colonies
New
Particularly
Climate
South
Australian
Wales
New South Wales
Which
Wool
Production
Staple
On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.
Charles Sturt
Emigration
Subject
Any
Intention
Dwell
Length
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.
Charles Sturt
Success
Future
Great
Too
Those
Recollect
Feared
Emigrate
Facility
Generally
New
Obtained
Operations
Without
South
Anticipate
Conducting
Wales
New South Wales
Labour
Cannot
Them
Should
Certainty
Who
Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.
Charles Sturt
Cheap
Farming
England
Sydney
The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
Charles Sturt
Year
Believe
Those
Fearful
Remarkable
Droughts
New
Climate
Subject
South
Commencement
Wales
New South Wales
Which
Reason
We had not seen any natives for many days, but a few passed the camp on the opposite side of the river on the evening of the 25th. They would not, however, come to us; but fled into the interior in great apparent alarm.
Charles Sturt
Great
Interior
Seen
Few
Side
Would
River
Had
Days
Come
Passed
Opposite
However
Camp
Any
Natives
Us
Apparent
Many
Evening
Alarm
I had no inducement to proceed further into the interior. I had been sufficiently disappointed in the termination of this excursion, and the track before me was still less inviting.
Charles Sturt
Me
Interior
Before
Further
Had
Disappointed
Inviting
Excursion
Termination
Track
Still
Been
Proceed
Less
Sufficiently
There are good days and there are bad days, and I've had my share of both.
Charlie Bell
Good
Bad
Bad Days
Both
Had
Share
Days
Many of the criticisms about McDonald's are false. We are keen to provide people with as much nutritional information as possible to help them manage their diets.
Charlie Bell
People
Nutritional
Possible
Criticisms
About
Provide
False
Manage
Diets
Information
McDonald
Them
Much
Help
Many
Keen
I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.
Chet Faker
Work
Quality
Work Hard
Try
Possible
Never
Soon
Always
Loss
Get
Done
Product
Hard
Things
You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.
Chet Faker
Art
You
People
Way
Tell
Something
Look
Because
Just
Just Because
Turn
Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson.
Chet Faker
Success
Learning
Lesson
Related
Those
Proved
Biggest
Biggest Lesson
Things
Appreciate
I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.
Chet Faker
You
People
Consistency
Some People
Nice
Living
Suitcase
Out
Kind
Some
Pretty
Take
Had
Course
None
Discover
Crash
Little
Granted
Nice Thing
Hardcore
Lives
Thing
I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart.
Chet Faker
Love
Good
Soul
Heart
Chill
Big
Think
Our
Hook
Franklin
Record
Temptations
Aretha
Aretha Franklin
House
Redding
Robinson
Smokey
Got
Smooth
Soundtrack
Where
Warm
Really
I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.
Chet Faker
School
First
Running
Knew
Come
Came
Version
Race
Second
Sometimes I have to deal with trolls, and I just block them. But most of the time, Twitter's heaps of fun, actually.
Chet Faker
Time
Sometimes
Twitter
Most
Deal
Block
Just
Them
Fun
Actually
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