"My father had the same name as me……" — Alexander Downer
"My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives."
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15 Quotes by Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer has 15 quotes on this site.
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The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures…
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I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy…
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So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the…
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Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was…
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If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them…
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I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all,…
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I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the…
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Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
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I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that…
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Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.
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Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one…
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Sheik Hilaly is making a good contribution. He is making a good contribution.
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More Alec Quotes
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one of 159 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I've got to say that I don't see myself as some sort of political type like Alec Baldwin or Barbra…
— Drew Carey
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When I do scenes with Alec Baldwin, he just stares at my boobs. That's how good of an actor he…
— Jane Krakowski
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Alec Nevala-Lee comes roaring out of the gate with a novel that's as thrilling as it is thought-provoking, as unexpected as…
— Jesse Kellerman
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ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.
— Don Nickles
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I can't tell you how much we laughed on the set to have Alec Guinness in a scene with a…
— Mark Hamill
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Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.
— Don Nickles
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I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.
— Anthony LaPaglia
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I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and…
— Kenneth Branagh
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We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is…
— Nikki Cox
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I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies.
— Mark Hamill
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John Ventimiglia, who was on 'The Sopranos,' was in my first acting class and we have been friends since that…
— Michael Imperioli
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The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role…
— Fran Kranz
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