Douglas Hurd Quotes
It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
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I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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I like the language in Proust but not the context.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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If you think about where I'm from, I'm not supposed to be singing in the first place.
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I know I will be severely criticized by the interventionists in America when I say we should not enter a war unless we have a reasonable chance of winning.
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Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on at that time.
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You seem to have dreamt on the white stone, in the midst of the people of dreams, since you dreamt so long a dream in the course of so short a night.
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There are certain storylines I shouldn't have done, there are certain actors I shouldn't have cast - guest stars, I mean.
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It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
