Tony Abbott Quotes
Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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For Israel to retain its amazing position as the largest concentration of high tech after Silicon Valley, we need more engineers and mathematicians. We have too many lawyers.
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When I see something, I go for it.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.
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I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.
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I love to shop at Macy's. It has a huge Guess section and lots of Jessica Simpson stuff.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town they tell you that this rain can sting, and look down there is no blood around see no sign of pain hay ay ay no pain seeing no red at all, see no rain.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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To work for months and months and months, you kind of spill blood and give your heart and soul to something, and then you just sort of let it out into the universe and hope that people like it.
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I feel like I'm kind of lazy, but I keep the yard looking good.
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People are talking about sex. They're talking about sex with their husbands. They're talking about sex with their girlfriends. They're talking about sex with their partners. And because of all of this communication, women are having much more intimate relationships, which is fantastic.
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Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
