Tony Abbott Quotes
I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.
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Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.
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The repercussions of what you put out and what people gravitate to in your music never registered at all. I never had that thing that maybe other bands have - a specific idea of what they are and what their sound is.
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I get to have Sunday lunch at my mum's, pick my nephew up from school now and then: it's a very normal life.
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My favorite fall or winter lunch is big steaming bowls of soup. I usually invite people for around 12:30 and have two hearty soups like shrimp corn chowder and lentil sausage soup, which can be made a day or two ahead.
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Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?
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The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.
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'Why do they believe that?''Because we are hackers,' Csongor said, 'and they have seen movies.'
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Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.
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They've gone to the trouble to try to educate people that there is a cultural taboo there.
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I've seen people spend days, if not months, researching and gathering data, but only at the end did they finally figure out what they were really looking for; then they have to redo a lot of stuff. If after a day or so you force yourself to put together your tentative conclusions, then you'll have guidance for the rest of your research.
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From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette
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I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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It has been a deliberate decision on my part to forget completing talks for now.
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I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.
