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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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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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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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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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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It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.
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Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'
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My choice of films has never been governed by money. That is perhaps why I don't have a very fancy bank account. I'd rather get respect and creative satisfaction through my work than just earn money.
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In order to defend the Chinese race, one must first defend the Confucian culture; and in order to defend the Confucian culture, one must first defend the State. This is because what preserves the race relies upon intelligence, which is in turn nurtured by Confucian education.
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Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
