Quotes of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-1999
Quotes of the week

SYDNEY, April 9 AAP - Quotes of the week:



"The thing that bothers me about introducing ground troops into a hostile situation, into
the Balkans and Kosovo, is the prospect of never being able to get them out." - President
Clinton, attempting to ensure Kosovo does not become another Vietnam for the United States.



"The plane is going to Turkey. But don't tell the refugees. They might refuse to get on." -
Relief worker at Skopje International Airport.

"A nation of Australia's strength and wealth and comparative affluence has an overwhelming
moral obligation to play a part." - Prime Minister John Howard explaining the rationale behind
Australia's offer to accept 4,000 Kosovo refugees.



"This isn't about money." - Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett taking a novel line on the
states' negotiations with Canberra over the carve-up of GST revenue.



"He did say, not in a totally serious way, it might be a bomb." - NCA lawyer Peter Wallis
on how his colleague Detective Geoffrey Bowen joked as he opened a package that exploded and
killed him.

"I thought, 'I'm just gonna ram him', which I did." - Adelaide woman Laima Reinholz, 52, on
how she felt when she saw a young home invader attack her husband. She pinned down the
intruder with a chair until police arrived.



"She reminds me a little bit of Manuel in Fawlty Towers. She knows nothing." - Judge
Kenneth Moore on the testimony of socialite Rose Porteous in a case in which he granted an
order restraining her from contacting her former clairvoyant.



"None of the senior managers were officially terminated - they were simply taken off the
payroll." - RMIT director Chris Cookson, in an unfair dismissal case involving former
employees.



"She wants to come as a private person with a funny old head scarf." - Edna Everage, who
suspects the Queen is a closet republican.



"It's up to you whether you want to bounce back and say, 'Well, I'll show you blokes how
good I still am.' Or you can go the other way and just sook and retire." - Shane Warne, after
being dropped from the Australian cricket team.



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