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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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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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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When it comes to charities, there's a lot of fraud.
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I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.
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The need we have for information is great, and we get it from many admirable sources. The need we have for understanding and acceptance is much greater. The arts are uniquely able to help us meet the greater needs.
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I only realised why I keep living in Shepperton when I returned to China. All the people who moved there had come from places just like Shepperton, and so they built and lived in houses exactly like these. I now know I was drawn here because, on an unconscious level, Shepperton reminds me of Shanghai.
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Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.
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I have always been comfortable that no one has been able to assess what I really have.
