George Brandis Quotes
Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.
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Artists are like everybody else.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.
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I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart-intelligence and goodness-shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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Headlining can be sort of solitary - you're sort of on your own out there, and you start to feel for a change.
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Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.
