- Nov 07, 2020
New Quotes
On fresh starts, new cities and beginning again.
Many of the quotes here trace what's new: a new city, a new circle of people, a new chapter after school. Several reflect specifically on relocating and adjusting to a very different pace of life. For more on that theme, see our City quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly and frequently. That's not productive at all.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.
- Being Prepared
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.
- Quiet
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets.
- Collection
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.
- New Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the beginning, learning a new position is not easy.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020