1113 quotes by new zealander authors for you to enjoy

I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori. Jemaine Clement

Me Part She Grandma Mum Raised

Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi. Jemaine Clement

Time Massive Well Sci-Fi Up Grew Which Really

The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way. Jenny Shipley

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I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone. Jenny Shipley

Life Me You See Permissive Being Anyone Actually Assist

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change. Jenny Shipley

Change Peace Women Too Medium Secure Secure Peace Has-Been Must Structures Attempt Term Stewardship Arrangements Been Male Dominated Often Short Informal Which While Decision-Making Used Mechanisms Expressed Desire

The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region. Jenny Shipley

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Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it. Jenny Shipley

Wisdom Peace Courage Secure Takes Maintain Thing Fragile Fragile Thing

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated. Jenny Shipley

Women Will Gender Community Out Adoption Clear Clear Message Message Against Declaration Sent International Tolerated International Community Based Elimination Violence

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 problem, so let's find the solution. Let's find a scientist, let's find politicians who are prepared to shape the future, or try and keep up with it.' Jenny Shipley

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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 tell it strategically as to how they can add value. Jenny Shipley

Women Value Men Add Tell Shameless Know How Encourage Women Are Selling Often Story Then Strategically Reserved Need

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 career is having been a mother. Jenny Shipley

Success Me People Mother Think Pleasure Having Fact Like Greatest Been Greatest Pleasure Often In Fact Ordinary Lives Career

The first day you're a leader is the beginning of the end of your political career. Jenny Shipley

Day You Political Leader First Beginning Political Career End Your Career

I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all. Jim Bolger

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And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of the ideas so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating. Jim Bolger

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Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public can move very rapidly on some issues and therefore what looks settled may not be. Jim Bolger

Memory Think Everybody Settled Rapidly Unprecedented Some Date Reminder Looks Issues Very May Move Public Might Therefore Earlier

And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they have. Jim Bolger

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I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense. Jim Bolger

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Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy. Jim Bolger

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The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless. John Key

World Will Become More More And More Like Whether

Sunday night I always cook if I can - if I'm home, I always cook. John Key

Home Sunday Sunday Night Always Cook Night

I used to think... that people would think badly of me for various stuff they read. But now I accept it's just part of the deluge of stuff that comes every day. John Key

Day Me Every Day People Every Think Would Various Part Badly Deluge Stuff Read Accept Just Used Now

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