Ferdinand Mount Quotes
Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.Ferdinand Mount
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I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.
Rabih Alameddine -
When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
Florynce Kennedy -
Going forward, we will focus on building the very best Windows phones on a quicker timeline. We will also focus on the channels and markets that offer the best returns. This is a similar approach to the one we have taken with Surface, which has been very successful.
B. Kevin Turner -
My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
Ted Olson -
In countries operating a largely capitalist system, there does not appear to be a wide understanding among its actors and overseers of either its advantages or its hazards.
Edmund Phelps -
The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
Orson Pratt
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The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.
Earl Browder -
My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
Gavin Andresen -
Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and know how to brand and how to market themselves. They're very smart.
Yolanda Adams -
The world is shifting from a hegemonic era, where the United States dominated alone, to a multipolar system.
Najib Razak -
I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
Cameron Mackintosh -
I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel relaxed and comfortable in my skin. I think I'm going to be dancing on tables when I'm 50. I really hope I am.
Karen Elson
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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Samuel Butler -
My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.
Natalie Gulbis -
Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. That is the ultimate secret of success. Never, never, never give up!
Dada Vaswani -
There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.
Ian Anderson -
After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
Iain Duncan Smith -
When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
W. Edwards Deming
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When I got out of school, it used to be that it was theater actors that ended up doing film and television, and you had to come from the theater to be taken seriously in that world.
Zachary Quinto -
I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief for Freedom of Expression, and making all women of the world proud to be women.
Yoko Ono -
Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
Jason Bateman -
The one thing that our nation is truly responsible for is securing the nation, make sure the citizens are safe.
Matt Rosendale -
If you really need to, you have to make it happen.
Marlo Thomas -
Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.
Ferdinand Mount