Tony Abbott Quotes
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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I think there is no reason for us to bring to Islamism or political Islam the fear and ignorance of Western commentators and their hysterical vocabulary.
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
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Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.
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How can we have our privacy? How can we have our independence now in these times with these cameras? Because I think privacy and our solitude is really important.
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The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
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We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage.
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Don't try to be perfect. Do the best you can. Enlist help!
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There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan. There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.
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The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.
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Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.
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Now look! That damned cowboy is president of the United States!
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Not only are the studies themselves often lacking even face value, but they also drain badly needed funds away from patient care needs.
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Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me.
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What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known?
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.
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To be successful, you need to really work hard. And every study in the last 50 years says that successful people say, "I am not smarter than anybody else. I just want to work harder and longer."
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You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin.
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There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.
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I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.
