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John Curtin Quotes

If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.

John Curtin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: australian
Birth: January 8, 1885 - July 5, 1945

Topics

Football War Victory You I Can Say

I always urge women to aim for the highest job they can get because you get more money and you get more support and you get more control, and those are the three things that actually make life easier.

Joanna Coles

Life Women Money Job Support You

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

Joe Torre

Me Proud Kind Wear Who Made

I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit.

John Green

Me Feel Know Nice Places Write

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

John McCarthy

Honesty Opinion Stand Up Face Better

When I want to understand a problem, I want to understand it from the ground level.

Matthew Desmond

Problem Want Understand Ground Level

Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage.

John Tesh

Marriage Three Will Up Come Four

'Merry Wives of Windsor' is a wonderful machine. It's one of the great farces, and it's astonishing to remember that this is written by the same man who wrote 'Hamlet,' 'The Taming of the Shrew' or 'Cymbeline.' It's so similar, and yet the form is so different.

Roger Rees

Great Man Remember Same Wonderful

'Swimming Pool' was a very important moment for me because the character was written for me.

Ludivine Sagnier

Character Moment Me Swimming Pool

Girls are having babies when they are younger and combining kids with work. I don't know if it's always been there or if I'm just more aware because I'm in this situation.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

Work Situation Know More Always

PGA of America has been very good to me; played some of the Junior Ryder Cups, and those go down as some of the best experiences I've had on a golf course.

Jordan Spieth

Good Best Me Golf America Down

Most conservative and progressive talk radio is primarily just that - bloviated opinion and whacky viewer calls.

David Shuster

Opinion Talk Conservative Radio Just

I'm supposed to be making comics, so I had to do it the best way I knew how, which is what those guys at the beginning of the Twentieth Century were doing.

Art Spiegelman

Best Beginning Doing Way Century