Paul Keating Quotes

I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format.

Paul Keating

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PeopleThinkAcceptWillRespond

I'm grateful for the many Louisianans who have urged me to challenge Senator Landrieu in 2014.

John Fleming

ChallengeGratefulMeWhoMany

High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless.

John Mayer

SchoolHigh SchoolEndUselessHigh

One of the awesome things about being a writer is that I can research nearly anything - tea? Bubblegum? Ants? Neurology? Chocolate? Textile production? It doesn't matter. It's all productive work.

Ann Leckie

WorkTeaResearchChocolateI Can

Reading requires the brain to rearrange its original parts to learn something new.

Maryanne Wolf

BrainReadingLearnNewSomething

I don't want food all over the place, down the sides of the sofa... When I shared a flat before I got married, we would always eat around the telly, but not now!

Mary Berry

FoodDownPlaceNowWantEat

Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.

Mike White

SlowMoviesProductionTVVery

We found letters at the house we bought from a sailor to his wife who lived in the house. He went down to the Caribbean on this trader vessel, bringing down salted fish. There would be handwritten letters, but also telegrams, saying which ports he was in. And he'd be gone for three months. That was just the way it is.

Michael Winter

WifeSayingFishHouseDownThree

I guess the most important thing for us is that the kids work hard and they are grateful for the life they lead - that they know it doesn't come easy.

Louise Nurding

LifeWorkGratefulWork HardEasy

God is in the details.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

GodDetailsChristmas

David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s.

Julia Holter

MusicListenKnewDavid BowieSome

A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.

Don Kardong

GoodFriendTeamThoughtsAppreciate

The Chinese, the African, and the European - they are all there. So the division of the Caribbean experience into being emphatically only African is absurd.

Derek Walcott

ExperienceDivisionCaribbeanAbsurd

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