- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joan Kirner Quotes
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- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad was a great advocate for social justice and a very quiet advocate of the essential Labor values.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mum was an absolutely determined woman. She was determined I would have a good education, and they went without all sorts of things to ensure it.
- Contribution
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had any problem with criticism. I've given a lot, and I've copped a lot. But I believe I've got a role to play by insisting that women be judged by their contribution - not somebody's view of what they should be about.
- Exert
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.
- Great Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have been the first woman premier of Victoria was not only a great opportunity but also a great chance to say to the young women of Victoria - Liberal or Labor - 'You can do it, too.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Isn't that what we come into politics for? To say to people: 'You can do it, too - there is a chance to serve your community. There is a chance to shape it co-operatively and democratically, without fear or favour.' And that is what I tried to do.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a workaholic. I would not pretend to be anything else. I rarely go to bed before one o'clock in the morning. I might kind of have a spa between half-past twelve and one and relax, and that's when I do my thinking, or my non-thinking. That's when I have a bit of space for myself.
- Chopin
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to get into the government car and switch on Chopin or someone I liked to hear at the end of a parliamentary day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020