"Am I conservative? Yes, I am. I would have thought conservative is very much middle of the road, representative of the aspirational values of the Australian people. The extreme right has connotations with it that I would never seek to identify with."

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Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

Eric Abetz

#People Quotes #Conservative Quotes #Connotation Quotes

“It's really great to do one piece, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," my dad developed in 1956, when he was 20 years old, and it's great to do that piece again now and see that it still really works as well as it ever did.”
“It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.”
“It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.”
“The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.”
“They say men and women can't be friends, but that's not true.”
“I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.”
“Before you know it you'll be my age telling your own granddaughter the story of your life and you wanna make it an interesting one, don't you? You wanna be able to tell her some adventures, some excitements, some something. How you live your life, little one, is a gift for those who come after you, a kind of inheritance.”

Source : Cristina Garcia (2009). “I Wanna Be Your Shoebox”, p.44, Simon and Schuster
“Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass.”

Source : Rebecca Harding Davis (2016). “Life in the Iron-Mills”, p.21, Lulu.com

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