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All Quotes by author - Judy Horacek

" Canberra was my home for many years, and there's a lot to love about it. It has a small population with a strong sense of community and is top-heavy with interesting, highly educated, socially progressive people - the opposite of the stereotypical image of dull public servants. "

" I'm not interested in showing a politician falling over; it's about the issue and making people think differently about that. "

" In Hell all the messages you ever left on answering machines will be played back to you. "

" I think older women's voices are the most hated voices in the world - whether it's because people are reminded of their mothers or what, I don't know. "

" It really gets on my goat that people keep quoting Dorothea Mackellar's 'My Country' as proof that there is no such thing as climate change. A poem written more than 100 years ago by a homesick 19 year old versus an ever-increasing body of refereed scientific thought... hmm, hard to know which way to jump, really. "

" My cartoons haven't been about the politics of the day or about the personalities; I'm more interested in campaigning about the issues. "

" That's a lot of words about the weather, but in Canberra you can't help but be aware of the seasons, and there is something wonderful about that. Okay, so there's a distinct lack of beach, but aside from that, the place grows on you. "

" The hardest thing about living in Canberra is that almost everyone who doesn't live here asks: 'Why on earth would you live in Canberra?' Loudly, and in a way they would never use to discuss anywhere else. And they never listen to the answer. "

" The line between angry young woman and grumpy old lady is very fine. "

" While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it. "

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