Phoebe Tonkin Quotes
No one knows who I am in Australia. They don't even know I am Australian, because 'The Secret Circle' is on in Australia, and I'm sure everyone's like, 'Oh, she's American. She's from, like, North Carolina.' Like, nobody knows me in Australia, I'm just telling you.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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The day I became a hero, my dream was realised. Everything else is a bonus.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the electoral college that had given MPs a third of the say over who leads the party. That's why Diane Abbott came last when she ran for leader in 2010, even though in the absolute number of votes she came third out of five. It's one of those wonderful historical ironies that the change to the rules was a victory for the Labour right, the result of a push back against the unions who had been asserting themselves more forcefully within the party.
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I'm okay with standing in my way and in turn allowing it to impede my progress, but I'm okay with the struggle of overcoming obstacles despite myself.
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I've twice accidentally stolen something, and both times I went back and paid for them when I realized I had done it.
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.
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No one knows who I am in Australia. They don't even know I am Australian, because 'The Secret Circle' is on in Australia, and I'm sure everyone's like, 'Oh, she's American. She's from, like, North Carolina.' Like, nobody knows me in Australia, I'm just telling you.
