Polly Toynbee Quotes
Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.
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My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
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A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.
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I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, 'If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters.' So it was a great thrill to play there.
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We all owe everyone for everything that happens in our lives. But it's not owing like a debt to one person--it's really that we owe everyone for everything. Our whole lives can change in an instant--so each person that keeps that from happening, no matter how small a role they play, is also responsible for all of it. Just by giving friendship and love, you keep the people around you from giving up--and each expression of friendship or love may be the one that makes all the difference.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.
