Gail Kelly Quotes
I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.

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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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I have a very small public.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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I'm not a very fast-paced person.
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I'm so secluded. Very alone.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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I'm very flirtatious, and I enjoy it.
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My parents were very artistic, but busy.
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The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.
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I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
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Someone said to me that we have to encourage more young women to want top-level editing jobs. I think that will happen naturally as we have more role models, more examples of boss ladies who aren't sad and cruel and overworked and undersexed like in DevilWearsPrada, but who are straight-up owning it and notable not for their gender but for their editorial savvy.
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
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I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily.
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China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.