Philip Hammond Quotes
Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
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Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
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It's easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it's easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn't do something rather than the one reason you should.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
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I'm in no hurry to get old. But when I do, I'll be out to enjoy every last minute. I see myself at 90 in some nursing home, waving my walking stick about as I jive to Gene Vincent records.
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But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
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You can only live to be so old, then you gotta let go.
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I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a normal life.
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I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
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I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.
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My own first love was biology. I spent a great part of my adolescence in the Natural History museum in London (and I still go to the Botanic Garden almost every day, and to the Zoo every Monday). The sense of diversity-of the wonder of innumerable forms of life-has always thrilled me beyond anything else.
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The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.
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You can't fight the fact that Detroit is a de-industrializing market and it isn't facing dramatic, positive transformation.
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Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.
