“What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?” IfsFirstsJobsKingsRefuseMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Lord Mountbatten
“We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.” TryingJobsPolicyMinistersAustraliaPrimeForeign PolicyPrime Minister Author:Kevin Rudd
“I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years.” PeopleWorldYearsHas BeensCountryJobsAbilityEconomicWorstAbsolutesCrisisMinistersAustraliaPrimePrime MinisterSteersEconomic Crisis Author:Kevin Rudd
“I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.” ThinkingWantPersonsJobsPoliticalPolicyPositionSakeCarefulMinistersConsistentAustraliaPrimeWorthwhileAmbitiousPrime MinisterAmbitious Person Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own self. Some people have the conviction they must do it all alone. They have no faith in others. . . they are convinced that there is no one able to do the job as well as themselves. They refuse to admit that they may need the help of friends, doctor, minister, or even God.” PeopleNeedsWellsMayIdeasRealSelfHelpingFeelingsAbleJobsFaithDoctorsRefuseConvictionAccomplishConvincedMinistersBarriersFaith In GodAll AloneSelf SufficiencySufficiency Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.” YearsTwoJobsMinistersTwo YearsPrimePrime Minister Author:Bidzina Ivanishvili
“I think people do look to writers to tell the truth in a way that nobody else quite will, not politicians or ministers or sociologists. A writer's job, is to, by way of fiction, somehow describe the way we live. And to me, this seems an important task, very worth doing, and I think also, to the reading public, it seems, even though they might not articulate it, it seems to them something worth doing also.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksImportantSeemsMightJobsReadingFictionPoliticianTasksMinistersTelling The TruthSociologists Author:John Updike