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John Howard Quotes

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: australian
Birth: July 26, 1939

Topics

Hope Myself Laugh Seriously Pretty

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

Freedom Best Way Worthy System Here

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.

Think Care Ownership You Land More

Some people are naturally thin, and some are heavier. There is a lot of focus on it, and it can be a lot of pressure for people. But honestly, I think as long as someone is healthy, that is most important.

Health Focus People Think Pressure

A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen.

Make It Happen Write Happen Something

Historians and scholars have access to every issue of every newspaper and journal written during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s but can access only a comparative handful of papers covering the election of Barack Obama.

Jeffrey Zeldman

Struggle Election Journal Newspaper

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

Care Fame More Than About Really

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

Stephen Gardiner

Past Ideas Meaning Like Meaning Of

The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936.

Great World Wishes Great Britain Had

I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. I'm always on their side. I find them more human, maybe. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

Mary Ellen Mark

Best People Society Feel Find Want

I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.

Life Live Best I Am My Life You

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

Christina Milian

Music Old Years Got About Until

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

William Wilberforce

Action Meditation Principles Lead

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