Douglas Hurd Quotes
We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another.
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Nobody has to tell me about the glories of the capitalist system. But what concerns me is that there no longer seems to be a commitment to make the opportunities afforded by technology and capitalism universally accessible.
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Humaneness and justice are the means by which to govern properly. When government is carried out properly, people feel close to the leadership and think little of dying for it.
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I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly.
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The history of psychiatry rewrites itself so often that it almost resembles the self-serving chronicles of a totalitarian and slightly paranoid regime.
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We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.
