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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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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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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The populace is like the sea, motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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You know when they say you need to put people who go well together? I much prefer to put people who fight at the table. Then you have some sort of sparkle at the dinner!
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My district really wanted me... to take a hard stance against a Donald Trump agenda.
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I come from a small village in Sicily. For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.
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The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
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It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.
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Happy families do have certain things in common. Today we finally have the knowledge to know what those things are.
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My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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Everything that goes on at Area 51 is classified 'top secret' when it's going on.
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Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
