Quentin Bryce Quotes
Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.
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It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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I keep going to New York every year for 20 to 25 days. I love it there, but I can't imagine settling in any place other than India.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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I think glamour is synonymous with me.
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I look around at all the girl singers, and I think they're all my children... and they're all going to do this... And, yes, maybe I inspired them because I did get through a lot, and I did have the same problems that they're going to have. You do have to give up a lot for it.
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I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.
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Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
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There can never be enough writers anywhere in the world.
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Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.
