Mary Whitehouse Quotes
Bad language coarsens the whole quality of our life. It normalises harsh, often indecent language, which despoils our communication.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
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A laugh is a terrible weapon.
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I would never take my children and place them next to missile launchers.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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I really like doing puppetry; I'm not sure if it will find its way into 'Big Bang,' but it always does seem to find its way into a lot of things.
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I never want to record something that I'm not proud of just because I think it might be a big hit. There's no positive about that because if you record a song you hate and it's a big hit, then you're singing a song every night that you hate. And if you record a song that you hate and it isn't a hit, then you sold out for no reason.
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Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.
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Remember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions.
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A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its quality of rising into sight from some darker ground which must remain hidden if it is not to lose its depth in a very real, non-subjective sense.
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Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.
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Bad language coarsens the whole quality of our life. It normalises harsh, often indecent language, which despoils our communication.
