Walter Bagehot Quotes
But the Queen has no such veto; She must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her.
Quotes to Explore
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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There is something addictive in space that makes you want to go back - like the mountain climbers who want to go back to the Himalayas although their fingers were cut by frostbite.
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Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
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Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China, must recognize that this affects the American attitude towards their country. But towards what precise institutions will it evolve? I think we ought to leave something to history.
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I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.
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I grew up in a family of fighter pilots, and I have a real kindred spirit to that kind of fast-moving aggression and momentum.
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I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go.
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I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a need to make a play in the ninth inning of a game anymore. But being on the inside and being part of a team is something that you really do value and you really do miss.
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But the Queen has no such veto; She must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her.
