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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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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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 remember when I saw 'X-Men' the first time, I was living in England as an exchange student, and my first boyfriend, who's an Englishman, made me watch the movie... He was very jealous that I liked Hugh Jackman so much.
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This is Ze Frank, thinking so you don't have to. (Standard sign-off for 'The Show'; varies at times).
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Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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I have a lot of Missoni tablecloths, but for breakfast, we use placemats - we call them 'American-style.' I have some in crazy patterns from the Swedish brand Svenskt Tenn. And I like plates from Grottaglie in Puglia, stained in wild colors.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
