Jay Weatherill Quotes
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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I think Jennifer Lawrence is a brilliant role model for young girls, not some of the models that I see on the runway.
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I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.
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I'm pretty stubborn.
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I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
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I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
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If you try to make money doing something you're not enjoying, it's a hard way to make money.
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You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
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There is only one Whedon, and I am his prophet.
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All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.
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There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but - the content of the role itself - I find there are many roles.
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The same way people are now paying a couple thousand dollars to fly to other parts of the world, people will be paying $50,000 to spend a weekend on a space station.
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If in the midst of the many Dissatisfaction among us, the publication of these Trials may promote such a pious Thankfulness unto God, for Justice being so far executed among us, I shall Re-joyce that God is Glorified...
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Let me make one thing absolutely clear. The National Health Service is safe with us.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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The intensity of cyber conflict around the world is increasing, and the tools are becoming cheaper and more readily available.
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People think that if you're sexy you have no brains, and if you have brains you aren't in touch with your sexual side. I'm trying to tell people, 'You can have it both ways.
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What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.
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Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they're female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that's leaving their house.
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Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
