E. P. Thompson Quotes
This going into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle-aged couples with failing marriages meeting in a darkened bedroom in a Brussels hotel for a group grope.
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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
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I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
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In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what they like about my music, and I'm able to communicate directly with them.
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Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.
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The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
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In a few years all our restless and angry hearts will be quiet in death, but those who come after us will live in the world which our sins have blighted or which our love of right has redeemed.
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The sweet mellifluous milking of the cow.
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Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Free countries are great, because you can actually sit in somebody else's space for a while and pretend you're a part of it. You can sit in the Plaza Hotel and you don't even have to live there. You can just sit and watch the people go by.
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Honolulu, Hawaii: (At a luau) '...a unique native stunt though the Hawaiian food we were made to eat was too revolting for words....One got rather tired of the native songs & longed for some of our tunes' (14 April 1920)
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If most of those who took part in this one-dimensional debate were honest with themselves, they would admit that they do not in principle believe that the United States can do any good overseas for anyone but the American government, its armed forces, or privileged American elites.
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It's always nice to have somebody on your side.
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I like English parks.
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When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.
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Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country.
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I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.
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You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.
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For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.
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This going into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle-aged couples with failing marriages meeting in a darkened bedroom in a Brussels hotel for a group grope.
