Julia Gillard (Julia Eileen Gillard) Quotes
In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.
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When I was in college, I was always saying I was a socialist.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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For all their expertise at figuring out how things work, technical people are often painfully aware how much of human behavior is a mystery. People do things for unfathomable reasons. They are opaque even to themselves.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
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In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was able to reinvent my type a bit, which was essential in booking the role of Amanda on 'Ugly Betty.' I don't believe I would have auditioned for that role in N.Y.
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I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?
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I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that.
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It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.
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Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.
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I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy.
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I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
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I did not capture power. I was made to assume power.
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Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity- * * * * * *That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
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Good design for the home should be universal. A house should be like old shoes, comfortable, like a good friend... The Japanese aesthetic is important to me. Very organic. They have a sense of the weight of the thing: very balanced.
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Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning the Universe would ever have been given if men had not seen the stars or the sun or the heavens. But as it is, the vision of day and night and of months and circling years has created the art of number and has given us not only the notion of Time but also means of research into the nature of the Universe. From these we have procured Philosophy in all its range, than which no greater boon ever has come or will come, by divine bestowal, unto the race of mortals.
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Which came first - the observer or the particle?
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In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.
