David Hewson Quotes
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Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
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Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.
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When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.
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There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.
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Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.
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To retire is to begin to die.
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The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
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I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes.
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Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.
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At the end of the day, there's not a day that goes by without a mass shooting.
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I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.
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Sports can't be run by governments.
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Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer,And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.
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If the prophet Job were to walk into the room at this moment, I could sit swapping hard-luck stories with him till bedtime.'
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A society that has no ideals, that discards the principles of humanitarianism, that abandons the fundamental rights and dignity of humanity, can only survive by denying truth, fairness and justice.
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If you're caught acting, nobody believes you.
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Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back.
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I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations.
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When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.
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Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.
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The United States has held out against taking part in any of the world consensus that there should be a court of human rights or that there should be an international court of criminal justice.
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I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals.
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I don't think I'd seen anything like 'The Killing.'
