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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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'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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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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[Donald Trump] is in the process of building up an organization. And well, we'll have to see how that works. And it'll be a test, I think, for him and the people that he's designated to be able to execute on his vision.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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Most people don't know me, that is why they write such things in which most is not true. I cry very very often because it hurts and I worry about the children, all my children all over the world, I live for them.
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“Indeed taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no single historic incident better or more variously supported than the Resurrection of Christ. Nothing but the antecedent assumption that it must be false could have suggested the idea of deficiency in the proof of it.
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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.
