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The cast of Diff’rent Strokes, 1978

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THE FACTS OF LIFE (1979–1988) | 5.03 “Gamma Gamma or Bust”

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Well well well, I’ve finally finished the Facts of Life and man it really went out with a whimper didn’t it 😭.

As much as I enjoyed some parts of season 9, I definitely think I’d rather have the finale for Season 8 be the ending of the show since it fit so well. A bonus to that would be not having to see Jo and Rick get married which I did not enjoy.

Going into the show knowing that Jo was going to get married at the end, I already knew disappointment was in store but I thought it’d be better than this! Jo and Rick’s relationship isn’t fleshed out AT ALL and I have no idea why Jo likes this guy, we didn’t even see them get together, they just start dating out of the blue!!! Having Tootie and Jeff get married in that episode is would’ve made much more sense and I think I would’ve really liked that.

I also really didn’t enjoy them femming Jo up so much this season. As a sort of masc presenting person myself, it really grinds my gears when female masculinity is treated as a phase that you’ll eventually grow out of. More than that, I just don’t think it made sense for Jo as a character to start dressing this way all of a sudden. Also, knowing that Jo becomes a cop in the reunion movie makes absolutely no sense when looking at the person she’s become by season 9.

I didn’t have any big problems with Natalie or Tootie’s storylines this season, in fact I really enjoyed them and I think they made it through to the end of the show pretty in tact as characters.

I do wish Blair had been able to consistently keep some of the character development she gained over the years. They have so many instances of her being ignorant and stuck up when she’s really grown more than that by now. I know it’s for comedy but it still makes me a little sad.

Finally, Jo and Blair’s dynamic. The premiere of season 9 had me hopeful but sadly, it didn’t maintain. Oh how I long for the casual intimacy they had in seasons 5 and 6. Those girls were together every second back then!!! They’d enter the store together, hang out together, go to events together, study together, and we get very little of that this season. It’s back to the old pretending like we hate each other shtick, which, I guess I understand, it’s a sitcom and people eat that stuff up, but man, if character continuity mattered more, I think they’d be just as amiable as in their early college days.

All that said and grievances aside, I’m still so glad I found this show. It’s made me super happy over the past few months and I think that happiness will carry on even longer . Though I’m sad to think about what the later seasons could have been, I still have the episodes where it was in its prime to rewatch and that’s good enough for me 😌

P.S if I were in charge, I never would’ve moved to Over Our Heads, Edna’s Edibles was my favorite era of the show



[tortured-poets11]

take a shot every time a character from The Facts Of Life say “Terrific”

you’d die.

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I’ve been watching The Facts of Life and I’m curious which caracter is most popular among viewers bc I really have no idea. I know there’s at least a little bit of a fandom on here, so I expect at least some answers. Also, please reblog for larger sample size!

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“EDNA’S GIRLS”

-EYESofCORAL

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RIP CINDY WILLIAMS

1947 - 2023

Cindy Williams was born in the Van Nuys California on August 22, 1947. Her family moved to Dallas, Texas when she was a year old, and returned to Los Angeles when she was ten. She had one sibling, a sister named Carol Ann. Williams wrote and acted during childhood at a church and later acted at Birmingham High School, graduating in 1965. She attended Los Angeles City College where she majored in theater .

Three years after playing small roles in film and television, Williams landed the role of Laurie in American Graffiti (1973) which she repeated in the 1979 sequel.  She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for the original film. 

That same year, Williams shared Ringmaster duties with Lucille Ball and Telly Savalas on “Circus of the Stars 2″. Ringmaster Williams introduces her future co-star Penny Marshall, who works with a baby elephant named Tika. Williams also does a stunt with Michael York that ends with her being shot out of a canon. 

Williams was first introduced to Penny Marshall by Marshall’s brother Garry, who had written 11 episodes of “The Lucy Show” from 1964 to 1966. 

Garry cast them on “Happy Days” as Fonzie’s dates on a November 1975 episode of the popular series. She was reunited with her American Grafitti co-star Ron Howard. A spin-off followed in 1976. 

“Laverne & Shirley” ran six seasons, although Williams departed the show after season five and 158 epsisodes. 

Laverne and Shirley’s high jinks were reminiscent of those of Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz on “I Love Lucy.” Williams demonstrated a flair for portraying the awkwardness of youth in broad physical comedy. Both series featured redheads and both took place in the 1950s. 

Although Laverne and Shirley were evocative of Lucy and Ethel, sometimes the homage was a bit more specific.  

“Laverne & Shirley” - “The Diner” (May 6, 1980) inspired by “I Love Lucy” - “The Diner” (April 26, 1954)

No other female comedy team in the history of television has been so often compared to Lucy and Ethel as Laverne and Shirley. Add in their pals Lenny and Squiggy, you’ve got a reasonable facsimile of the Ricardos and Mertzes, especially when the plots pit men against the women. In this episode, which has the same exact title as its inspiration, Lenny has inherited a diner that he gives over to the girls to run.

Just as Ethel was confined to the kitchen, so is Laverne. She even does a bit of business with a pop-up toaster, something that Lucille Ball often did. Both sets of ladies indulge in “diner lingo” and get overwhelmed by their new business ventures.

"Laverne and Shirley” was filmed at Stage 20 on the Paramount lot, which was formerly Desilu. The show was known for fearless physical comedy not seen since the days of “I Love Lucy.”  

“Lucy was a physical comedienne, and she would be all over the stage, so Desi Arnaz, being the genius he was, put all of their cameras on these dollies. So [on Laverne & Shirley] there are three cameras, you’ve got the stage, as though you are watching a play, and you have the cameras moving with us on dollies. Usually, [sitcom] cameras are set in place and stagnant, but our cameras were like Lucille Ball’s cameras.” ~ Cindy Williams, 2001

Actors who also appeared with Lucille Ball that appeared on “Laverne & Shirley” include Hans Conried, Mary Treen, Robert Alda, Gino Conforti, Dick Patterson, and Leoda Richards.  

In 1995, she participated in “The Laverne & Shirley Reunion”. In 2002, Williams once again re-united with Marshall for “Laverne & Shirley: Together Again”, a TV special. 

In 1978, Williams and Ball were part of “Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena”, a variety show tribute to Kelly that also featured her “Laverne & Shirley” co-star Betty Garrett (Edna Babish). 

That same year, Lucy and Cindy were also seen on “General Electric’s All-Star Anniversary.”  Here she was teamed with her former co-star Penny Marshall. 

Williams was also seen with Ball at "The Sixth Annual American Cinema Awards” honoring Bette Davis on January 6, 1989. This was one of Ball’s last appearances before her death. 

Williams was married to Bill Hudson in 1982. Together they have two children: Emily and Zachary. The marriage ended in divorce in 2000. Cindy Williams died at home after a short illness. She was 75 years old. 

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The Facts of Life Goes to Paris - NBC - September 25, 1982

Comedy

Running Time: 100 minutes

Stars:

Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett

Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner

Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green

Kim Fields as Tootie Ramsey

Nancy McKeon as Jo Polniaczek

Frank Bonner as Garth Kiley

Frédéric Andréi as David LeClair

Jacques Ferrière as Pierre Petit

Vivian Brown as Miss Southwick

Roger Til as Chef Antoine

Caroline Ducrocq as Angelique

Laurie Main as Reggie

Bernard Soufflet as The Innkeeper

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Round 2 matchups

Results of round 1 can be found here.

Full list of matchups under the cut

Jesse White vs Ed Wynn

Lionel Barrymore vs Charlie Ruggles

Frank Morgan/Frank Jenks vs Betty Garrett

Mischa Auer vs S.Z. Sakall

Patsy Kelly vs Margaret Hamilton

Hans Conried vs Hattie McDaniel

Leonid Kinskey vs Eve Arden

Edward van Sloan/Jack Oakie vs Butterfly McQueen

Zasu Pitts vs Charlotte Greenwood

Marjorie Main vs Bert Lahr

Marie Dressler vs Una O'Connor

Dwight Frye vs Esther Muir

Thelma Todd vs Christian Rub

Gail Patrick vs Sydney Greenstreet

John Carradine vs Verna Felton

Una Merkel vs Conrad Veidt

Scatman Crothers vs Guy Kibbee/Walter Brennan

Nat Pendleton vs Raymond Massey

Erich von Stroheim vs Eddie Anderson

Reginald Gardiner vs Joseph Calleia

Sam Levene vs Edna May Oliver

Charles Laughton vs Gabby Hayes

Elsa Lanchester vs Lionel Atwill

Bill Robinson vs Andy Devine

Ernest Truex vs Edward Arnold

Sterling Holloway vs Nancy Kulp

Jean Adair vs Grady Sutton

Glenda Farrell vs Lillian Yarbo

Marjorie Gateson vs Joy Hudges

George E. Stone vs Donald Meek

Warner Baxter/Jerry Colonna vs Spring Byington

Felix Bressart vs Eric Blore

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''BLANCO Y NEGRO'' (DIFF'RENT STROKES)

Fue una serie de televisión estadounidense emitida entre el 3 de noviembre de 1978 y el 4 de mayo de 1985 por la cadena NBC.​ Fue protagonizada por Gary Coleman y Todd Bridges en el papel de Arnold y Willis Jackson, dos niños afroamericanos de Harlem que son acogidos por un rico hombre de negocios llamado Phillip Drummond (interpretado por Conrad Bain) y su hija Kimberly (Dana Plato). Durante la primera temporada y parte de la segunda, Charlotte Rae interpretó el papel de la ama de llaves de los Drummonds, la señora Edna Garrett (personaje que tuvo su propia comedia, The Facts of Life).

Año de inicio: 3 de noviembre de 1978

Año de finalización: 4 de mayo de 1985

Dirección: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes

Para ver el tráiler ingresa al enlace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q37AsEmJK9s

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The Facts of Life: Hillman Stories (Senior Year!)

Part One: The Facts of Life: Eastland Stories

Part Two: The Facts of Life: Hillman Stories (Freshman Year)

Part Three: The Facts of Life: Hillman Stories (Sophomore Year)

Part Four: The Facts of Life: Hillman Stories (Junior Year)

Part Five: The Facts of Life: Hillman Stories (Family Day Special)

While shopping for her new fall wardrobe, Blair decided to check out a new boutique in Peekskill called "Katie's Korner". Blair was surprised to find out that it was owned by Katie Kanisky, who had dropped out of Hillman College to open it, and she was thrilled to find out that Katie and Jo had broken up over the summer.

Since Tootie had joined the cheerleading team, she was spending most of her free time with her teammates Rosemarie and Sam Kanisky. Natalie was happy for her pal, but since Tootie is her best friend Natalie was left alone with a lot of hours to kill in the library. Natalie was still there for her friend though and was the first to congratulate her when Tootie was chosen class valedictorian due to her high grades and school spirit.

Now that Jo was single, she started to date again. She was excited when she landed a date with the class beauty, Luciana. They went to the Meneghel Theatre for dinner and a movie, but Jo didn't really enjoy herself. And it wasn't just due to the awkwardness of sitting behind Katie and her date.

Because of the amount of assignments and research they had to do in their final semester, Jo and Blair ended up spending a lot of hours cooped up in their shared room. It was the first chance they had to bond since the end of their high school relationship.

During a late-night study break, Blair and Jo go to reminicing about old times - and confessing the attraction they both had, and still have, for each other.

There was little time to explore those feelings, their final exam was coming up. After studying together so often during Eastland and Hillman, it was a sentimental moment to be doing it for the very last time. Despite the importance of that final exam, before long they were playing around just like they did when they were kids.

During the graduation party, Jo and Blair snuck away to a private corner for one last dance before they moved back to the city. The building tension of all those years erupted into Jo and Blair's first kiss!

That wasn't the only excitement of the evening, however. Their old den mother Edna Garrett told the four girls about her plans for a new business - and presented them with a business proposition.

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THE FACTS OF LIFE (1979–1988) | 1.02 “Like Mother, Like Daughter"

[mutant-enthusiast-08]

🎶You take the you, take the bad, you take them both and there you have🎶 THE FACTS OF LIFE!

I’ve become obsessed with this show and this cast recently so I knew I just had to make some art of them!

Hopefully there will be more art to come, maybe even some Jo x Blair content 🤭

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5 agosto … ricordiamo …

5 agosto … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2018: Charlotte Rae, nome d’arte di Charlotte Rae Lubotsky, attrice e cantante statunitense. È nota per aver interpretato Edna Garrett nelle sitcom Il mio amico Arnold. (n. 1926) 2015: George Cole, George Edward Cole, è stato un attore cinematografico e televisivo inglese. (n. 1925) 2014: Marilyn Burns, Marilyn Lynn Ann Burns, è stata un’attrice statunitense, nota per aver interpretato il…

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Australia quotes

Australia quotes Australia quotes. Aphorisms. ideas, thoughts on Australia and Australian people. Quotations on Australian culture, traditions and history by famous authors, writers and artists. In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. Phyllis McGinley In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films. Bruce Beresford My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia. Dame Edna Everage In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture. Marc Newson In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents. Peter Garrett In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young. Mary Garden It doesn't really seem any different anywhere. I'd say it seems like we're biggest in Australia. It's just that we've always been this underground band and for some reason in the last month has been starting to go overground. Jon Crosby It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home. Kimbra It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia. Henry Lawson It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French. Fritz Sauckel It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still. Judy Davis Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia. Noah Taylor Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done. Barry Gibb Mmm, well that whole thing about having to look tough has never left Australia. Robert Forster Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports. Mahesh Bhupathi My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit back in England and watch a cricket game in Australia, they'd have you put in the loony bin. Desmond Llewelyn My kids started school, so having a strong base in Melbourne has been a key priority. I'm not daunted by the travel. People say, 'It's so far to Australia,' and I say, 'You get on the plane, you eat well, you sleep, you wake up - and you're there.' Geoffrey Rush My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played. Brandi Chastain My point is this, the Government made this decision to ban totally beef exports into Indonesia, even to compliant abattoirs and this will have enormous consequences for the beef cattle industry across Australia. Julie Bishop

Quotes about Australia My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad. Bob Hawke National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense. Peter Weir New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries. Robert Muldoon Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions. Phillip Noyce To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother. Barry Humphries To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport. Ian Botham Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia. Julie Bishop Travelling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games. Solange Knowles Way of life in Australia focuses more on the outdoors. Thomas Muster We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places. John McGahern We don't have any sailors in Australia, we have rowers. Ben Lexcen We had to leave Australia to become international stars. Barry Gibb We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in. Kelly Preston We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time. Lionel K. Murphy We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television. Richard O'Brien Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there's concern about the status of the 800 to be sent. Julie Bishop Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria. Alexander Downer Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it. Richard Branson When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life. Ben Nicholson When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth. James D'arcy When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. Bruce Beresford When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge. Patrick White Whereas there's a wealth of galleries in Australia, everyone's got a gallery in Australia or wants your work. Because the art scene is smaller in Indonesia, there's not so much competition. Andrew Jack Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what sort of thanks do we get for it? Henry Lawson With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude. Shane Warne

Australian quotations Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. Steve Irwin You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else. Barry Gibb A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia. Phillip Noyce All for Australia and the Empire. Joseph Lyons Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you. Hugh Jackman And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months. Brandon Routh And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know. Thomas Keneally And living in Australia I am relatively well off. Peter Garrett And the reason for that I think is that in Australia our films don't get the exposure, so the process is foremost. But anyway, I love being part of the team and hate being stuck in a corner somewhere. Jacqueline McKenzie And then once in Australia, I really hit the weights hard. Brandon Routh And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture. Marc Newson Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. Phil Collins As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. Catherine Helen Spence At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn't do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights. Adam Garcia At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life. Jeffrey Archer Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. Tom Cochrane Australia as a nation, as a set of cities and some regional centres, that project died a death and we didn't get it up, but I still think there's merit in that. Susan Oliver Australia has an increasingly multicultural society. Julie Bishop Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. Thomas Keneally Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world. Germaine Greer Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that. Andre Benjamin Australia is already a world leader in dementia research, treatment and care. Julie Bishop 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 Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago. Mary-Kate Olsen Australia is the most isolated continent. Jared Diamond Australia was great. I would advise anybody to go there. In fact, if you couldn't live here, Australia would be the place to live. It's the most Americanized country that I've ever seen in the world. Jerry Lawler Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities. Radha Mitchell But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20. Mel Gibson But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school. Thomas Keneally

Australia culture and history On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account. Henry Lawson Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia. Ted Dexter Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description. George Grey People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked. John Anderson Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me. Catherine Helen Spence Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything. Rick Springfield She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's. Colleen McCullough Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold. Dannii Minogue So far, and today, everything felt really great. Now I am good to get on the plane and fly to Australia. Kim Clijsters So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school. Thomas Keneally Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory. Damon Hill South Australia has transformed. There has been a range of changes to our economy over the past 10 years in which we have genuinely set ourselves up for the future. I think we have to start behaving like that's real and project a quiet confidence in the future of our state. Jay Weatherill South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Catherine Helen Spence Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined. Bruce Beresford Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common. John Howard The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody like me might saying that they bought in white Australia. But I believe they did. Colleen McCullough The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000. Jim Cantalupo The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great Britain and the sister Dominions, is the primary objective of the new Department. Harold Edward Holt The Menzies Government, by its participation in the plans for the development of other nations, can see the virtue of planning for them but apparently cannot see the virtue of a plan for Australia. Lionel K. Murphy The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way. Jenny Shipley The people of Australia would be staggered to learn that Australia has no national development plan. Lionel K. Murphy The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation. Julie Bishop The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia. Shane Warne Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love. Jane Badler There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium. Bob Brown There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population. Pat Oliphant There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations. Ernest Istook This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia. Ronald Biggs Read the full article