Bob Ainsworth Quotes
As the Chief of the Defence Staff says, you don't defend on the goal line. Defending the interests of the U.K. means tackling threats early and at source, and that means intervening overseas.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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I'm probably the most negative person around.
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I love Japan; it's very special.
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I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf, out of their reach.
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Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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Sadly, people think a guy and a girl can't be friends without something romantic going on.
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We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
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Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.
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President Clinton's record of advocating for the middle class and creating millions of new jobs and opportunity for Americans is second to none. I'm looking forward to campaigning with him and talking about how we keep New Hampshire moving forward and build a strong, innovative economy with the best workforce in the country.
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There will be a time very shortly that I just might not be in front of the camera at all, and I might just be behind the scenes. I love doing television, though. I don't necessarily love being in front of the camera.
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Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.
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Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.
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In Wales it's brilliant. I go to the pub and see everybody who I went to school with. And everybody goes 'So what you doing now?' And I go, 'Oh, I'm doing a film with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.' And they go, 'Ooh, good.' And that's it.
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The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is as important as any other issue.
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As the Chief of the Defence Staff says, you don't defend on the goal line. Defending the interests of the U.K. means tackling threats early and at source, and that means intervening overseas.
