“But I was also a brat. I used to belong to a gang that went looking fo...” — Thomas Keneally Quote

“But I was also a brat. I used to belong to a gang that went looking for fights with other gangs.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I belong to the breed of first-generation entrepreneurs who have basically created our enterprises with very frugal resources.”

“I get intimidated by famous people. When I'm around them and they look at me like I belong, I'm like, 'Are you nuts? You're freakin' famous!' Whether it's Elmo or a Beatle or Vince Gill, it's humbling to be in a room with these folks.”

“If you grow up on the good side of the tracks, you're going to belong to something over there. If you grow up on the bad side of the tracks, you're going to belong to something over there. It's not rocket science.”