Douglas Hurd Quotes
We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind.
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It's difficult to feel as though you are truly being effective at work. Many of us feel trapped in endless meetings, with barely any time to grab lunch, let alone do any work. Overarching strategies and key priorities seem completely divorced from the day-to-day tactics.
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Conservation of energy also protects our environment.
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Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.
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We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.
