Tones and I (Toni Watson) Quotes
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I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.
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I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those hours or eventually decide not to be a writer.
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The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.
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I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.
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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
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I have been shocked at the number of people who don't watch television.
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We book our exports forward for more than a year, and so we have a fixed rate. We do not get the spot rate that we see in the market every day.
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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
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As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains music from one tradition, it is music from another tradition that most relaxes me.
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It's something that I love about this business and that scares me about this business, but in a good way. You just never know what's going to happen. And things change constantly. But there's always opportunities for new work, so you just have to enjoy the job that you're on while you're on it because it doesn't last forever.
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For me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water.
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I am a New Zealander, but I don't want to swallow New Zealand identity in one gulp.
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Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
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In junior high school, I learned that I could be good at school. I remember liking the freedom to choose classes and the pleasure of learning and doing well. My perseverance and love of reading had somehow allowed me to overcome many disadvantages of dyslexia, and I read a lot of books for pleasure.
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I think blaming the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11.
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I'm scared of being a one-hit wonder because my second single has set the bar too high.
