"Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away. But when I'm asked that question I often reflect on my inability really to be able to answer it in any relative sense because I never grew up with a father doing anything else. So I just have no idea what it would be like otherwise."

--

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Alexander Downer

#Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“When you have the opportunity, you strike.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In my everyday life, I just wear jeans, t-shirts and trainers - if I can go barefoot, that's even better. But for the events I have a stylist, and in two hours we have selected a whole outfit.”
“What I've noticed in this game is how EA has even duplicated my moves and my style of play perfectly. It is really incredible and a lot of fun to play.”
“There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.”

Source : Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”
“When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.”
“Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke French to each other. To Strange's surprize Childermass understood perfectly and even addressed one or twoquestions to Minervois in his own language. Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch.”

You may also like:

Bob Hawke
Former Prime Minister of Australia
John Hewson
Former Member of the Australian Parliament
John Howard
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Kevin Rudd
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Fraser
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Mark Latham
Former Australian Federal MP
Paul Keating
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Peter Costello
Former Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Tony Abbott
Prime Minister of Australia