John Hewson Quotes
I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.
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In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.
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We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.
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I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.
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If a democratic society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and wellbeing will be shared by all; the sciences will be on a smaller scale but ignorance will be less common; opinions will be less vigorous and habits gentler; you will notice more vices and fewer crimes.
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You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.
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Hulk Hogan and I put 43,000 people in the Georgia Dome with three days' notice. I've got a fairly big following in Atlanta.
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President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?
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I enjoyed living in Canada, where my husband comes from, because I was treated like any ordinary person. I became a volunteer at my children's school; I went into the classroom. It was very grounding. I got sick of being famous.
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I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.
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As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.
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My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life.
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Are the Simpsons cool? They are, and that is crude 2D animation.
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Disagreement does not necessarily have to be overcome. It may remain an important and constitutive feature of our relations to others and also be seen as something that is merely to be expected in the light of the best explanations we have of how such disagreement arises.
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I most enjoy sitting down with the acoustic guitar and just fiddling around and trying to come up with something like a hook or some sort of melodic line. That's something that I do habitually.
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I'm trying to make sure that for myself and for my family, I'm staying as close to the heart of God that I possibly can.
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It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.
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Michael Moore didn't have to worry that anyone would misinterpret the title of his film, 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' because in Hollywood, no one loves capitalism. That's too bad, because Hollywood is one of capitalism's greatest successes.
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We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.
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I don't give people time to start talking junk, because I say something to them first.
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I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
