Kerry Stokes Quotes
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In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation.
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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
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Bullying is a national epidemic.
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I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.
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Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
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Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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Petrol price is a deregulated commodity, price of which is decided by our oil marketing companies based on input cost and other parameters.
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I just really want to do good work and work with some great people, people who challenge me.
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Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
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There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.
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I thank my personal staff for their restless sacrifice for my work.
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The greatest evil is physical pain.
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Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call it a bastard offspring of 'Frankenstein;' its plot revolved around the old theme of Science Giving Us Stuff We Shouldn't Have - in this particular case, restoring severed body parts.
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They more adeptly bend the willow's branches who have experience of the willow's roots.
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I dunno. Perhaps you should be happy that I have a policy of refraining from grumbling about handicapped operating systems.
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Luckily, my husband is my business partner as well as my life partner, so I never had to do the heavy lifting alone, literally or figuratively.
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It was memorable the first time 'The New Yorker' bought a cartoon from me. I had been sending them batches for years every week, and they didn't respond to them.
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Sometimes I get extremely disturbed with the things that are written. But you can't do anything about it. As a celebrity, you are putting yourself out there to be judged, and that's fine. I am now learning not to get affected by such things. I am building my career and making choices that I think are right while minding my own business.
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Heaven is a house with porch lights.
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Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.
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I have always been comfortable that no one has been able to assess what I really have.
