Douglas Hurd Quotes
There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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There's a lot of bad things going on but I didn't do nothing.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.
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Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
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I have reservations about everything I do.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful.
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My brother told me he was very proud of me, of the business I have built, and that gives me joy.
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India has a very good tradition in tennis.
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Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew?
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There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.
