Paul Keating Quotes
Nobody wants to have in their CV in the upper echelons of the American economic family that they nationalised major banks.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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Most women find a man with good manners sexy.
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I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director.
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No one is India.
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I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.
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I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business is that half your life you live in a fantasy, which is somebody else's life. It's actually a great release because you're not having to deal with the itty-bitty bits of life.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
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The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the train.
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I play what the punters want to hear - I’m not Sting! People want to hear the Love/Hate material sung by the guy who can still hit the notes, and I am obliged to give the people what they want. It’s a goddamn privilege and a blessing.
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I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
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Nature does not have to insist.
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Nobody wants to have in their CV in the upper echelons of the American economic family that they nationalised major banks.
