John Howard Quotes
I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So sometimes I'm shooting an episode and don't even know how it's going to end because I haven't read that yet.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
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I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.
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Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
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I believe in God. It's a big part of my life. You can bring it up and talk about it without being 'Christian Rocker.'
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The good news is that the Paris Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement between the United States and some other country. You have 200 countries who came together. It's an international agreement.
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All the emergency helicopters were flying, but so far they have not found anything especially worrying.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.
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I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.
