David Trimble Quotes
As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.
Quotes to Explore
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The world is always in movement.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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In order to improve healthcare, we'll have to spend more on it, increase accountability and decentralize services, enforce standards and reinstate people's faith in it.
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Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.
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Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
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Obviously, in WWE, everyone is on top of their game.
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I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.
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This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.
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At first, the only thing that I learned was to save. Then I learned about mutual fund, then later on direct stock investments. I also went into small businesses and even real estate.
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Tech executives have historically been owners of significant portions of their companies' stock so there is a propensity for them to diversify as a rule.
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As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.
