Douglas Hurd Quotes
The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.

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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Fascism is very much a mob movement.
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Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
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I was imprisoned in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, when Egypt's state security was rounding people up in unprecedented numbers.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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I was constantly being told I shouldn't talk so much about how I was feeling. They seemed to think I was giving too much away to my competitors. Showing signs of weakness. But I've always thought that was rubbish.
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Whatever China I'd been born into, I would probably still have become a painter - I loved sketching portraits as a child, and began art classes at the age 7. But if China hadn't been under Maoist rule, I might never have become a writer.
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I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.
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I never pigeonhole myself into any religion, but I feel it has found me. I am trying to make sense of it... the essence of the Mathangi concept.
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I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.
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I had been pursuing a Ph.D. in political science when my National Guard unit was sent to Iraq. Eight months into our deployment, in November 2004, a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents tore through the pilot's side of the Blackhawk helicopter I was flying.
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The problem with being in the public eye for a long time is there are 20 years worth of looks to come back and haunt you!
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What good your beautiful proof on the transcendence of Pi: Why investigate such problems, given that irrational numbers do not even exist?
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Why are so many very smart people not also rich? I guess they are too busy calculating risks rather than getting into action.
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In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.
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The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.