Bill Shorten Quotes
Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Take chances, find your voice in fashion, and find what you like, and find what makes you feel good, and do that.
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We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.
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I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.
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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting – if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.
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Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.
