Neil Kinnock Quotes
Marx's theories gave me a political and intellectual justification for what I believed in a way that nothing else did.
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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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The weather in California is so much hotter than it is in England that it's absolutely changed my style. I have many more dresses and shorts than I ever thought I would coming from U.K.! It's so much easier to dress femininely in a warm climate.
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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'Shall I look too?' said Pooh, who was beginning to feel a little eleven o'clockish. And he found a small tin of condensed milk, and something seemed to tell him that Tiggers didn't like this, so he took it into a corner by itself, and went with it to see that nobody interrupted it.
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In actuality, 'Sammy's House' can and should be read as an entirely fictional comedy set in a fascinating political world.
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Marx's theories gave me a political and intellectual justification for what I believed in a way that nothing else did.
