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> [Shaping the future is what drives me. Since I left politics, I'm very much interested in emerging markets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/shaping-the-future-is-what-drives-me-since-i-left-politics-i-m-very/)

[Jenny Shipley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-shipley/)

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## More by Jenny Shipley

> [The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/the-government-s-position-was-that-we-have-frigates-that-have-got-a/)

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> [Men are shameless in selling their story. Women are often reserved. So we do need to encourage women to know their story and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/men-are-shameless-in-selling-their-story-women-are-often-reserved-so/)

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> [New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/new-zealand-s-taken-some-very-significant-decisions-in-relation-to/)

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> [Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/hollow-commitments-to-action-in-the-future-are-insufficient-deferring/)

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> [People often think that people like me don't have ordinary lives. I have the greatest pleasure, and in fact, the greatest success in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/people-often-think-that-people-like-me-don-t-have-ordinary-lives-i/)

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> [In New Zealand, men and women would not take a party seriously if it did not have a good gender - and increasingly racial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/in-new-zealand-men-and-women-would-not-take-a-party-seriously-if-it/)

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> [The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/the-platform-for-action-gives-due-emphasis-to-the-fact-that-women/)

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> [The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/the-pacific-had-great-hope-that-when-the-former-president-mitered/)

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> [The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/the-world-has-been-gradually-reducing-its-nuclear-arsenals-testing/)

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> [The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/the-serious-problems-facing-the-world-today-will-never-be-solved/)

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> [I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've got this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/i-hear-so-many-people-talking-about-what-s-wrong-whether-it-s-climate/)

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> [The first day you're a leader is the beginning of the end of your political career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/the-first-day-you-re-a-leader-is-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-your/)

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> [Diversity is not a politically correct idea. Diversity in a boardroom or in a Parliament means that you just have different minds, different life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/diversity-is-not-a-politically-correct-idea-diversity-in-a-boardroom/)

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> [When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/when-i-hear-people-flatteringly-say-you-re-an-expert-on-east-asia-i-m/)

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> [Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-shipley/ten-years-ago-in-nairobi-we-said-that-the-participation-of-women-in/)

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