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 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 not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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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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Europeans could not believe that anything so beautiful could have been designed by a non-European. Europeans of the time considered the people of India uncivilized. They recognized that it was a magnificent building. So they thought it couldn’t have been designed by an Indian.
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The populace is like the sea, motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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I was never a good journalist, because I would make things up. A lot of people frowned on that, which is why I ended up in fiction.
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Up to the 20th century, we can say that this whole period was an Earth epoch, 'Earth' meaning the riches of the earth, simple physical work. That is why there were wars, the movement of frontiers, war over riches.
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There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there is a tiny group of actors that are celebrated in the way that I have been. I feel incredibly lucky.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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I don't really feel comfortable anywhere except when I'm working alone at home. It's exhausting to be out around people.
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Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
