Tony Abbott Quotes
Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
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Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.
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I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we're going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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We travel a lot from Australia and deliberately route ourselves through the U.A.E. because my whole family loves the place.
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In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classics are China's religion.
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Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot be easily decided.
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Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities.
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Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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I've traveled to many countries in Africa, and to me, Benin felt the most hopeful.
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A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.
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In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two period pieces so it was like, 'When are you going to get out of the corsets?' And I was thinking I just got into them!
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India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.
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Everyone knows how much Australia means to me. I try to get back here as much as I can, but normally it's for work, so I'm in and out and jetlagged and stressed.
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Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me
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It was inspiring to learn of the new Bachelor of Environmental Studies Program, and I congratulate you for it. Singapore is geographically in the right central position for an influence in Asia and Australia, and NUS has the reputation and academic strength to make it effective.
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There's no magic solution for us, we just don't have the resources at the moment. The guys we've got here are the best front-rowers in Australia at the moment.
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The dogma of cultural relativism is challenged by the very people for whose moral benefit the anthropologists established it in the first place. The complaint the underdeveloped countries advance is not that they are being westernized, but that the westernization is proceeding too slowly.
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I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a Prime Minister.
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In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.
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If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.
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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
