"In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two period pieces so it was like, 'When are you going to get out of the corsets?' And I was thinking I just got into them!"

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Frances O'Connor

#Thinking Quotes #Two Quotes #Australia Quotes

“If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law â€“ if that is not what we have always cried out against in Fascist states â€“ then what is it?â€¦ If we are to survive as a free democracy, then we must be prepared, in principle, to concede to our enemies â€“ even those who do not subscribe to our views â€“ as much constitutional rights as you concede yourself.”
“I was riding my bicycle and I was hit by a Jeep. And the damage that was done to my body was gradually diagnosed, instead of immediately, so the recovery process for me was probably unnecessarily long: It took nearly two years for me to say that I could successfully walk. It was scary. And in a way, when you're faced with something like that, it forces you to change, and very quickly. I think that unconsciously, I felt called to a challenge-a challenge to regain something.”
“Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust.”
“The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.”
“The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.”
“In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.”
“There's increasing consciousness that a "command and control" style of management which one associates with a male model isn't necessarily what works anymore, especially with small to medium sized companies. There's increasing evidence that a more flexible management style, where responsibility is distributed up and down the line, is what works best. And that kind of management style is one that will allow individual workers more flexibility - men and women.”
“There is a reasonable concern that posting raw data can be misleading for those who are not trained in its use and who do not have the broader perspective within which to place a particular piece of data that is raw.”

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