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 never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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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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Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one's silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine a small gathering of friends who say nothing all evening: they recoil from saying anything that the others don't want to hear; and their silence would be the subtlest courtesy.
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Revolutionary art anticipates visionary physics. When the vision of the revolutionary artist, rooted in the Dionysian right hemisphere, combines with precognition, art will prophesy the future conception of reality.
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You can easily say, 'I can go 56', but how are you going to do that?
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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.
