Denis Healey Quotes
The reason we were defeated in so far as defence played a role is that people believe we were in favour of unilaterally disarming ourselves. It wasn't the confusion. It was the unilateralism that was the damaging thing.
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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The only way anyone's going to succeed is to build the product.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.
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Music is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment.
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Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.
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The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.
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I am a Democrat. But first and foremost, I am a Coloradan and an American who wants government to function and solve the challenges we face as a country, then make way for people to pursue their dreams without interference.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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When you look at men's fashion magazines, you see a lot of well-groomed guys in suits, but very rarely do you see a lot of guys in drop-crotch and hoods with high-tops. It's coming, though, because guys in suits and short hair are beginning to look like they're from another time.
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The reason we were defeated in so far as defence played a role is that people believe we were in favour of unilaterally disarming ourselves. It wasn't the confusion. It was the unilateralism that was the damaging thing.
