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"Fishing up to the tipping point (where they disappear) is a very bad idea." [George Sugihara]

"If you don't know where you're going, you'll never get there." [Yogi Berra]

"Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing." [Marie Chapian]

Old age is always fifteen years older than I am. [Baruch's Rule for Determining Old Age]

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't. [Barth's Distinction]

How does preferential voting work? Here's a data visualisation using recent Fadden elections that demonstrates the process. See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/preferential-voting.php

When hiking, any stone in your boot always migrates against the pressure gradient to exactly the point of most pressure. [Barber's Laws]

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will." [Zig Ziglar]

"By every consideration of good faith a newspaper is constrained to be truthful." [American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1923]

"Partisanship, in editorial comment which knowingly departs from the truth, does violence to the best spirit of American journalism; in the news columns it is subversive of a fundamental principle of the profession." [American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1923]

"Promotion of any private interest contrary to the general welfare, for whatever reason, is not compatible with honest journalism." [American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1923]

What are our aims at Voices of Fadden? See https://voices-of-fadden.org/

"A journalist who uses his power for any selfish or otherwise unworthy purpose is faithless to a high trust." [American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1923]

"If you care at all, you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results." [Jim Rohn, US entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, 1930-2009]

"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement." [C. S. Lewis]

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have." [Vince Lombardi]

Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I'll understand. [maybe Confucius, Ben Franklin, Cherokee, or John Gay]

Upcoming Voices of Fadden events: https://voices-of-fadden.org/events/

"Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability." [Flower A Newhouse]

"Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases." [Seneca, Roman philosopher of 1st century CE]

"The letter I have written today is longer than usual because I lacked the time to make it shorter." [B Pascal, mathematician]

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." [Confucius]

"The Law of Conservation of Energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it." [Isaac Asimov]

Who did Fadden vote for in recent elections, and the Voice referendum? See this data viz. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/how-fadden-voted.php See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates.

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." [Woody Allen]

Today is 11/11. At 11:00 AM, many countries celebrate Remembrance Day, the end of World War I (the war to end all wars, supposedly).

"A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." [Joseph Stalin]

"The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with facts for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life." [Ernest Renan]

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." [Thomas Edison]

At Kitchen Table Conversations we talk about issues like housing, cost of living and transport in a friendly setting. We have one coming up soon on the North Gold Coast. Go to https://voices-of-fadden.org/ktc/ to see details.

"Being cheerful keeps you healthy." [Proverbs 17:22]

"All men of genius are of melancholy temperament." [Aristotle, 384-322 BCE]

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." [Vince Lombardi]

"There is no such thing as not paying attention; the brain is always paying attention to something." [Patricia Wolfe, US educator, b. 1934]

"Education is not a preparation for life, education is life itself." [John Dewey, US philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, 1859-1952]

Join us at Voices of Fadden. Subscribe to the newsletter, attend a Kitchen Table Conversation, volunteer. We'd love to have you aboard! https://voices-of-fadden.org/join/

"Statistics means never having to say you're certain." [anon]

"The past must be a springboard, not a sofa." [Harold MacMillan]

"Newton's First Law: Somedays it's better to stay in bed." [anon]

"A diagram is worth a thousand words." [Dr. Carl E. Linderholm]

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." [B. F. Skinner]

Voices of Fadden is a community group on the North Gold Coast which aims to strengthen democracy by listening to the people https://voices-of-fadden.org/about/

"Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped away." [Paul Brodeur]

"What happens to you in life is not as important as your attitude toward it." [anon]

"When I get a little money, I buy books and if any is left, I buy food and clothes." [Erasmus, 16th century Dutch]

"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others." [Pascal]

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." [Einstein]

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"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them." [Heisenberg]