Tony Abbott Quotes
I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I don't get bothered by fans.
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
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A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
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God hears a mother's prayer.
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The whole voiceover world is new and different to me and quite challenging.
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In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth.
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I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban.
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Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.
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When you speak the truth, people realize that.
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I imagine there are a lot of people who will never be able to accept me because they feel I've let them down, but I am a different person, and most people have welcomed me back in that spirit.
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I can't rank anything. I mean, how could anyone possibly say what their favourite piece of music is? I don't have the ability or the desire to categorise things of that nature.
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Of course we've lost so many superstars who've made jazz what it is. We've lost so many musicians who created new things and changed the way we think about music and who took jazz to a new level. So jazz is suffering from that. But we still have a lot of incredible people playing jazz in the world. We have a lot of people leading the way.
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I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth that can protect him from bombing, whatever people may tell him. The bomber will always get through. The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves.
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You've been entrusted with a lot of money and a lot of careers, and a lot of people put their faith in me, and every director goes through that every time.
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I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. People's habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.
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If the 70's freed our inhibitions, what good did it do?
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I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that.
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I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.
