Jim Bolger Quotes

So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the level that they wanted if they were going to re-elect us. So we went out and were much more upfront on issues.

Jim Bolger

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EyesElectionMoreOutLevelGoing

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

John F. Kennedy

LifeTechnologyPowerManWorldNow

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture.

Andrew Greeley

CultureYouRulesBornStopMore

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare.

John Lithgow

WorkGoodEasyYouActingHard

'Coriolanus' has been around for 400 years, and it's going to be around for another 400 years, and nothing I can do is going to mess it up. So, going into it, I felt sort of very free to look at it as a filmmaker does.

John Logan

FreeLookI CanNothingMessUp

A program can be considered a success even if it is low-rated.

Jeff Bewkes

SuccessEvenProgramConsidered

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Mary Schmich

TimeJealousyYouSometimesAhead

The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet.

Joni Mitchell

ArtOutComingComeKids

You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

Jonathan Coe

WritingImpactYouMadGoYour

We have a lot of friends who are hunters. And you know what? Come hunting season, man, they head to the woods, you know. And again, this country was built on God and guns, folks. I mean, it really was.

Johnny Van Zant

GodManWoodsFriendsYouCountry

I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.

Deborah Kara Unger

EconomicsPicnicPhilosophyRockOld

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

Donald Rumsfeld

WorkDayHouseWhiteFirstLast

This notion that borders wouldn't matter, that we would have commonality of interests around the world. Well, guess who got there first? The plutocrats.

Chrystia Freeland

WorldMatterFirstBordersGotWell

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