Tony Abbott Quotes
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America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
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Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age.
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In general, I think people should be skeptical of the Internet as a reference tool because so much of what's on it is unreliable and costumed - a hall of mirrors.
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My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
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The West is dying. Its nations have ceased to reproduce, and their populations have stopped growing and begun to shrink. Not since the Black Death carried off a third of Europe in the fourteenth century has there been a graver threat to the survival of Western civilization.
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Ideally, you don't speak until you have something honest to say.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
