Paul Keating Quotes
Nobody wants to have in their CV in the upper echelons of the American economic family that they nationalised major banks.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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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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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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This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders.
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Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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I grew up watching 'Star Trek.' I love 'Star Trek.' 'Star Trek' made me want to see alien creatures, creatures from a far-distant world. But basically, I figured out that I could find those alien creatures right on Earth. And what I do is I study insects.
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I was living with my dad, and I loved it. But I could totally imagine that if I didn't move out quickly, I would end up staying there well into my 30s.
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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.
