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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
Politician
Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
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I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.
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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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Like the Governor-General, when asked what you enjoy most about the job my tendency is to say today, because of the insights you get into our nation and because of the privileged contact you have with so many people.
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I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door.
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When you are challenging the young, they can come back at you with language of tremendous power and they are no respecters of sacred cows, you know, the young. There's nothing politically correct about the average young Australian when it comes to use of language.
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