Penny Junor Quotes
The monarchy needs publicity: they must be seen to be relevant. Unfortunately, they can't just lead quiet lives.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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I think, if you create the right economic framework in terms of government policy, that Saskatchewan can continue to succeed and grow. Instead of having people migrate from Saskatchewan, they will be migrating to Saskatchewan.
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To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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We treated all of the dead with dignity.
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Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.
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It is expected that a children's story will raise a difficulty and then resolve it: increasingly, this resolution is so prompt and so resounding that one forgets what exactly the difficulty was.
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We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
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I would never have written 'Trainspotting' if it hadn't been for this album, 'Raw Power,' and 'Metallic K.O.'
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The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.
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Keep your head up and be patient.
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You turn hotdogs with tongs. Don't you ever use those tongs on a hamburger.
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Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should, over time, bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market.
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I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come.
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My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.
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A person who's a bitch would seem to be mean for no reason. I'm not a mean person. Maybe I'm rude without being aware of it - that's possible.
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We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier it is for us, as long as they stay out of our way. Whether it’s through religiously-imposed ignorance, spectator sports, crack, pot, coke, heroin—or the consumer insecurities imposed by the almighty Tube—it’s fine with us as long as it keeps sheep more docile and easily contained. That doesn’t mean we have to subject ourselves to it. Military generals don’t step out on the missile range and volunteer as targets for the latest prototype weapons.
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The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really.
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Here 'neath veils, my Saviour darkly I behold; To my thirsting spirit all thy light unfold; Face to face in heaven let me come to thee, And the blessed vision of thy glory see.
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We are ignorant of what it is we do not know even though we know more than we can ever say
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The monarchy needs publicity: they must be seen to be relevant. Unfortunately, they can't just lead quiet lives.
