"Things like Kitchen Cabinet, I'm not sure they necessarily tell the Australian people whether you have judgement, whether you have discernment, whether you have intellectual acuity, whether you are able to develop policy, whether you are able to represent individual cases to the highest levels of government successfully and in a manner that actually achieves outcomes."

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Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

Eric Abetz

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Judgement Quotes

“For those working menial jobs or putting in 100-hour weeks for corporations, the lure of starting your own business can seem like a great way to get more flexibility, upside, and ownership.”
“The question of good and evil will always be one of philosophy's most intriguing problems, up there with the problem of existence itself...If evil means to be self motivated, to be the center of one's own universe, to live on one's own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil. Because we dare to look through our own eyes rather than mouth cliches lent us from the so-called Fathers. To dare to see is to steal fire from the Gods. This is mankind's destiny, the engine with fuels us as a race.”
“Fundamentals that you read about are typically useless as the market has already discounted the price, and I call them â€œfunny-mentalsâ€. However, if you catch on early, before others believe, you might have valuable â€œsurprise-a-mentalsâ€.”
“Now and then in life, love catches you unawares, illuminating the dark corners of your mind, and filling them with radiance. Once in awhile you are faced with a beauty and a joy that takes your soul, all unprepared, by assault.”
“To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the worldâ€”impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.”
“People are uncomfortable with sexuality thatâ€™s not for male consumption.”
“I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didnt have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.”

Source : Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.115, Atlantic Books Ltd
“An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.”

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