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“By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don't have any substantive dimension to them” quote by Kevin Rudd — Download Open image

“By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don't have any substantive dimension to them”

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John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.

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I wanted to have a peaceful married life with my wife, so we both moved to Sydney in Australia.

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Okay the names 360, I run around tipsy. My fellas in Australia all sit with me.

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