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 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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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.
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I don't know what to do with babies.
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We see the game as art as much as sport. That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.
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The media have, indeed, provided the Devil with perhaps the greatest opportunity accorded him since Adam and Eve were turned out of the Garden of Eden.
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Anita: My life works for me right now, but it wouldn't work for a child. Ronnie: Why, because you don't have a husband? Anita: No, because people try to kill me on a semiregular basis.
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Bad language coarsens the whole quality of our life. It normalises harsh, often indecent language, which despoils our communication.
