Julia Gillard Quotes

We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they constitute what's referred to as 'the social economy'. ~ Julia Gillard

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers. ~ Julia Gillard

We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average. ~ Julia Gillard

He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called. ~ Julia Gillard

I believe the team of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard is the best leadership team for the Liberal Party and therefore part of the best leadership team of the Coalition for the country. ~ Kevin Andrews

In politics there's never a magic wand. ~ Julia Gillard

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie. ~ Julia Gillard

There is a reason the world always looks to America. ~ Julia Gillard

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that. ~ Julia Gillard

I was not going to stand before the nation as prime minister and cry for myself. I was not going to let anyone conclude that a woman could not take it. I was not going to give any bastard the satisfaction. I was going to be resilient one more time. ~ Julia Gillard

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. ~ Julia Gillard

Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a ranter. ~ Germaine Greer

Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is. ~ Julia Gillard

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents ... consequently there should be equality in life's chances. ~ Julia Gillard

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right. ~ Julia Gillard

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game. ~ Julia Gillard

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals. ~ Julia Gillard

America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes. ~ Julia Gillard

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States. ~ Julia Gillard

Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it. ~ Julia Gillard

As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to compete with the rest of the world, we're going to need every Australian on board pulling their weight, rejoining the workforce, gaining new skills. Writing off individuals and communities suffering from poverty just creates a dead weight for our economy to drag along. ~ Julia Gillard

If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this. ~ Julia Gillard

One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had. ~ Julia Gillard

A Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, who does believe in climate change, nevertheless advised her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, to abandon his emissions trading scheme. ~ Richard Flanagan

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism, ~ Julia Gillard

In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go. ~ Julia Gillard

Who do we know in Canberra who wears a suit?' Libby asked. 'More importantly, who looks good?' I asked. 'Stephen Smith,' Libby offered. 'Wayne Swan,' Denise countered. 'Peter Garrett?' Libby asked 'Greg Combet, most definitely,' I insisted. 'Julia Gillard,' Libby said adamantly. Both Denise and I looked at her strangely. 'What? Seriously, she wears a suit better than any of those guys. Especially that purple one she has. ~ Anita Heiss

Speaking of which," he murmured.
Hyacinth's mouth fell open as he dropped down to one
knee. "What are you doing?" she squeaked, frantically
looking this way and that. Lord St. Clair was surely peeking
out at them, and heaven only knew who else was, too.
"Someone will see," she whispered.
He seemed unconcerned. "People will say we're in
love."
"I - " Good heavens, but how did a woman argue
against that?
"Hyacinth Bridgerton," he said, taking her hand in his,
"will you marry me?"
She blinked in confusion. "I already said I would."
"Yes, but as you said, I did not ask you for the right reasons.
They were mostly the right reasons, but not all."
"I - I - " She was stumbling on the words, choking on
the emotion.
He was staring up at her, his eyes glowing clear and
blue in the dim light of the streetlamps. "I am asking you
to marry me because I love you," he said ~ Julia Quinn

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity. ~ Anna Julia Cooper

Odd, don't you think? I have seen war, and invasions and riots. I have heard of massacres and brutalities beyond imagining, and I have kept my faith in the power of civilization to bring men back from the brink. And yet one women writes a letter, and my whole world falls to pieces.
You see, she is an ordinary woman. A good one, even. That's the point ... Nothing [a recognizably bad person does] can surprise or shock me, or worry me. But she denounced Julia and sent her to her death because she resented her, and because Julia is a Jew.
I thought in this simple contrast between the civilized and the barbaric, but I was wrong. It is the civilized who are the truly barbaric, and the [Nazi] Germans are merely the supreme expression of it. ~ Iain Pears

Dragnets that indiscriminately sweep up personal data fall squarely into the gray area between what is legal and what is socially acceptable. ~ Julia Angwin

When Anthony kissed her, she felt as if she were losing her mind. And when he kissed her twice, she wasn't even sure if she wanted it back!
-Kate's thoughts ~ Julia Quinn

Timid young artists, adding parental fears to their own, often give up their sunny dreams of artistic careers, settling into the twilight world of could-have-beens and regrets. ~ Julia Cameron

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter. You aren't cold. You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay. If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an istant. And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry.
-Rachel to Julia ~ Sylvain Reynard

Today, I am a clear stream flowing softly through green meadows. I make my way swiftly but gently to my goals. ~ Julia Cameron

A fever is an expression of inner rage. ~ Julia Roberts

I would like to learn to play the cello. I would like to paint. I would like to fully understand the concept of pi. ~ Julia Roberts

He knew her, he realized. He truly knew her. Not just the usual things. In fact, he didn't know the usual things. He did not know her favorite color. Nor cold he guess her favorite animal or food.
But somehow it didn't matter if he didn't knw if she preferred pink or blue or purple or black. He knew her heart. He wanted her heart. ~ Julia Quinn

Eve rose stiffly when he strode out of the house. In silence, she watched Julia look after him. "The male ego," Eve murmured as she crossed the room to put an arm around Julia's shoulders. "It's a huge and fragile thing. I always envision it as an enormous penis made of thin glass. ~ Nora Roberts

Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it. ~ Julia Cameron

IN EGGPLANT CASSEROLE, ~ Julia Child

She inched forward, although she wasn't sure why. If the dowager started spouting off about the highwayman and his resemblance to her favorite son, it wasn't as if she would be able to stop her. But still, the proximity at least gave the illusion that she might be able to prevent disaster. ~ Julia Quinn

It's too late," she whispered.
He whirled her around. "Don't say that! We are no better than animals if we cannot learn from our mistakes and move forward."
She lifted her chin. "It isn't that. I don't want to marry you anymore." And she didn't, she realized ...
He paled and whispered, "You're just saying that."
"I mean what I say, Robert. I don't want to marry you."
"You're angry," he reasoned. "You're angry, and you want to hurt me, and you have every right to feel that way."
"I'm not angry." She paused. "Well, yes, I am, but that's not why I'm refusing you."
He crossed his arms. "Why, then? Why won't you even listen to me?"
"Because I'm happy now! Is that so difficult for you to understand? I like my position and I love my independence. ~ Julia Quinn

Weakness never got anyone anywhere. ~ Julia Quinn

What are you smiling about?" she asked.
He drew back a few inches, cupping her face with both hands. "How did you know I was smiling?"
"I could feel it on my lips."
He brought a finger to those lips, tracing the outline, then running the edge of his fingernail along the plump skin. "You make me smile," he whispered. "When you don't make me want to scream, you make me smile."
-Sophie & Benedict ~ Julia Quinn

Walk with me to the edge of the city, / Take off your shoes and feel the earth. / Remember who you are. You are a star. / A mountain, that fountain in the sun. / Your heart is the velvet cave / Where birds sing. ~ Julia Cameron

Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book. ~ Julia Quinn

In the dim light of the computer screen he seemed otherworldly; Julia thought him beautiful, though she knew it was the beauty of damage. ~ Audrey Niffenegger

Real emotion transcends language. You dont have to understand their words
to feel their pain. ~ Julia Roberts

Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit ... Santa, who was jolly - but, let's face it, he was also very judgmental. ~ Julia Sweeney

Five years with the dowager - Good God, she ought to be given a title in her own right as a penance for such as that. No one had done more for England. ~ Julia Quinn

The world seemed somehow different when one was lying down. Darker, more dangerous ... And in that moment, as he slowly closed the distance between them, he became her entire world. ~ Julia Quinn

The world is a forest of verdant possibility. No one person controls my happiness. No one person is the source of my joy. I am rooted in universal flow. My needs for love and affection are met by many sources. I am blessed by the ability to receive love through many channels. I open my heart to the love that is offered to me by multiple sources. My heart is a mountain meadow fed by many streams. ~ Julia Cameron

Something important is always about to happen ... And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that way. ~ Julia Quinn

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up. ~ Julia Child

Campbell" Julia says "Don't do this to me"
"Do what?"
"Push me off the same cliff twice ~ Jodi Picoult

I have not betrayed Julia. ~ George Orwell

For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and it's the piece itself that you want to bring out the voice of the piece. You're really serving that and that's the thing that you have a basic understanding of. ~ Julia Ormond

An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This makes life lovely and lively. ~ Julia Cameron

The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him.
Julia to Charles ~ Evelyn Waugh

After we'd moved into 81, we had placed an order for a phone, and waited. First a man came by to see if we lived where we said we did. Then two men visited to make a "study" of our situation. Then another man appeared to find out if we really wanted a phone. The process was very French, and made me laugh, especially when I thought of how quickly such a transaction would have taken place in the States. ~ Julia Child

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature. ~ Julia Alvarez

Yet, O thou beautiful rose!
Queen rose so fair and sweet.
What were lover or crown to thee,
without the clay at thy feet? ~ Julia Caroline Dorr

This is an extra letter in the middle of the month because I'm rather lonely tonight. It's awfully stormy; the snow is beating against my tower. All the lights are out on the campus, but I drank black coffee and I can't go to sleep.
I had a supper party this evening consisting of Sallie and Julia and Leonora Fenton - and sardines and toasted muffins and salad and fudge and coffee. Julia said she'd had a good time, but Sallie stayed to help wash the dishes. ~ Jean Webster

There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia," said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing. ~ Erica Lindquist

Every breath is a new beginning and a new chance. ~ Julia Gregson

He smiled at her as Julia threw a snowball at Calla that missed her by a mile. Grinning, Calla quickly armed herself and threw one at Julia; only it missed her too and hit Guthrie in the crotch. Good thing it was soft snow. He grinned and wiped off the snow, slowly, deliberately, wolfishly.
Calla looked like she could burst into flames, she was so red faced. He started laughing. ~ Terry Spear