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Max's Island — 105 episodes

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"blind terror that somebody else is going to work out what your brilliant idea is"

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"Stories float around the world and they find the person who's meant to tell them"

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We had a sign in the living room that mum made ... and it said "Let's get this sh*t done."

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"...when I'm at my best, I realise that I've always got choice"

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"I was working at 50% capacity."

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"If the business and I don't do something dramatically different, then we're pretty much screwed."

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"I know that there is a person inside me ... that I hadn't met yet"

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"I want to reach that kid ... I want to know how to support them ... and engage them"

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Ali Horriyat Ep 2 - Redux ... "Philanthropy should be brought to your heart, not just your wallet"

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Ali Horriyat Ep 1 - Redux ... "He gave it all away … over $100 million dollars worth."

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"There was a real lack of women on the line-ups and at the different gigs we were playing"

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"Yeah, I've got a healthy amount of delusional self belief"

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"its my quest for 2026"

14

"It wasn't Beirut ... but it was pretty unpleasant"

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"That's why we started with this song called ... Jamerah & Her Dads"

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"and if you don't like what I'm doing ... like, I really couldn't care"

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"He accepted where he was ... and his line was ... No Regrets"

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"I remember thinking, constantly ... It's not the things you have ... it's the people around you"

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"I think you've notice by now ... risk and uncertainty does not phase us as a family"

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"What the "F" ... just go ... what are you doing here?"

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"I'm very aware that I'm jumping into something unclear ... but it didn't bother me"

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"and at about 3 songs in, I shouted ... I'm buying a guitar"

23

"I actually just passed out ... face first ... onto this poor lady's lap"

24

"The mechanic refused to service my bike ... because my Japanese wasn't very good"

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"But, our living costs have halved ... and our lifestyle's actually better."

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"And woke up on the next Monday ... with nothing to do ... no-one called me, no-one was thinking about me."

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"That's not any marketing genius or anything ... that's just what Gmail would let me have"

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"I came home one day, when I was 15 ... and Robert de Castella was sitting on the couch."

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"He's asking Sydney prices ... no go ... and we were devastated"

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"I've never scrapped much in my life ... but that was a hard hit"

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"I like to create space actually... where I can kind of feel into what it is that's next"

32

"I'd stopped being ME ... and I'd stopped being a human."

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"I personally believe that ... in order to go anywhere ... you need to have come from somewhere"

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"I got on stage ... and basically was so fatigued that I was overcome ... and I couldn't speak"

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"5 values ... 5 stories ... endless meanings"

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"people don't care about how much you know ... until they know how much you care"

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"One, I was running out of money ... two, I had no back up plan"

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"There's not much that a good carrot cake and a pot of tea can't solve"

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"You know, realistically mate ... you've got to forgive the guys that cheated you"

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"Drive the van off the road Davy … and the pain will stop"

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"I went to the 'boulangerie' ... and I got into arguments with the bus drivers"

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"It allowed me to look back on what we'd done ... which I thought was crap."

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"he was like ... not Autism, and I said no, no, no ... just ADHD and he said ... Oh, that's a shame"

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"People were so judgy ... that I was a single woman, on my own, on the road"

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"I was very proud of my spreadsheets ... that were essential to bootstrapping ..."

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"I was on a walk ... and I found myself running back home so I could sign up"

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"Our programs are designed in that way ... to bring philanthropy to your heart"

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"It's not a matter that philanthropy starts with a billionaire ... it starts with a mindset"

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"I often tell people, when your mum stops listening that's when you're in trouble"

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"Southerners forever more"

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"It was physically the most difficult thing I've ever done ... it was dangerous ..."

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and he said ... "the girl wants to create"

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"Don't worry, he's her favourite dog ... and she doesn't think you're good enough"

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"He's the only boy in the world with Duchenne and PHPV ... there is no other person in the world ...got both conditions"

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"It was the 9/9/99 ... as Dame Edna would say ... a very spooky date, darling"

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"I was given the opportunity ... I was allowed to go into the police files"

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"Oh, they weren't shocked ... I don't think I can do anything to shock them"

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"I had continuity of care ... from a midwife"

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Values Episode #2 - "Dare to be Human - Unique"

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Values Episode #1 – “Believe in Everyone”

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"There's no filler there ... it's all KILLER"

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" and my children have never been to school ... ever"

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"I paint for me ... there's a reason one colour goes next to another colour"

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"We're all dreamers in some way"

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"It was like 7 periods all before breakfast ... BOOM, that's your day in the school of life"

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"I lost me ... I lived through my own death"

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"I even did an audition remotely ... in a hospital waiting room"

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"He just had to pee all over it ... to make it his own"

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"Because ... I was bringing her into my world for once!"

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"These songs ... it's the most honest I've ever been ... lyrically"

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"...being able to come away with a funny little name of "Rainbow Beetle Moonchild"

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"But you'll be high in the sky on medication ... and then you die"

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He put his finger up to his face and said "She's not quite right"

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"It's probably best described as a spiritual emergency"

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"He gave us cheques ... we took the cheques and they bounced"

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"I was given the keys to the airport"

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"It was cold ... it was wet ... it was dark"

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"I remember listening back ... I've got a good voice ... it sounds good"

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"Instead of complaining about it ... why don't you go and contribute"

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"It's not Supply and Demand ... it's about Greed and Laziness"

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"Can you arrange for me to go to Switzerland ... the clinic there ... Obviously talking about Dignitas?" Part 2

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"In her case ... she actually doesn't want to receive care" - Part 1

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"I spent 4 years building a music business ... and thought I was the new Richard Branson."

84

"So ... I decided to go to Marrakesh"

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"For a short Time" - 2023 Starter Series Episode # 2

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"Lost in the details of life" - 2023 Starter Series Episode # 1

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"I'd been a public servant for five and a half years ... and I had never spoken to a member of the public"

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The last words she said to me ... "I wish I did more"

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"and then I just like, took the deep breath ... and moved the mouse ... and hit send"

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"It felt like the world knew I was supposed to do this ... and I was the last one to find out"

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"You literally put your head in their hands and tell them some of your deepest thoughts and feelings."

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"that's a 100 bucks a week you're forking out ... just to do an hour's worth of training"

93

"Yea ... there's a part of me that still can't comprehend ... or believe that it's true"

94

"It was like being in a movie …like being in “Sex in the City” in downtown Manhattan"

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"The universe kind of whispers to you ... and if you ignore the whispers it turns into a roar"

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"The division I was in ... 6 weeks after I got here ... was bought out by another company"

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"I have this strong notion that, consistency ... at least for women ... leads to burnout."

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"From my experience of Hayden ... or "H" ... as he liked to be called ... he was probably too trusting of anyone."

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"Umpires wanted ... I could do that for a couple of years ... how fun would that be !"

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"A national day of Action is needed" - Special "NDIS" Episode

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"I met with a clairvoyant ... I needed some clarity at that particular point in my life"

102

"Whoa ... I think this might be my sister"

103

"The money thing was almost God-like for me."

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” I was bringing the electricity … Geoff was bringing the light bulb.”

105

"I only had a grade 7 education ... and nobody knew this"