Kevin Rudd Quotes
We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK.
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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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Those who are greatly occupied in physical or material matters lack sufficient knowledge or have only superficial understanding of spiritual matters. Therefore, such people's opinions and judgments concerning spiritual matters carry no weight.
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I look at singing and acting as one career, and I love the chance to do both in the same project. I need to do both. When I'm doing one, I miss the other.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.
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There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable.
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Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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'I used to tell everyone I meant to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.'
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My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT again, I know what I'm getting into. I'll keep it on the back-burner. Who knows, maybe with my popularity, I can have a career in politics with a law degree. I think it'll work out either way.
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This movie is about the fact that personal repression gives rise to larger political oppression.… That when we're afraid of certain things in ourselves or we're afraid of change, we project those fears on to other things, and a lot of very ugly social situations can develop.
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A beautiful 35-year old ain't as good-looking as an ugly 19-year old.
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Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin.
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We keep our music simple, no big gimmicks. We tell stories people can relate to, not hard to understand.
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We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.
